§ 19. Mr. Hardyasked the Secretary of State for Industry how many job losses have been announced by the British Steel Corporation and by the private sector so far in 1982.
§ Mr. ButcherBetween 1 January 1982 and 16 December 1982 the British Steel Corporation announced 15,422 job losses. Precise figures for the private sector are not available, but the estimated total of redundancies which have taken place or which have been announced since January 1982 is about 5,000.