§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for Employment, further to his written reply dated 5 March, Official Report, column 257, on closures, whether he will publish figures in the Official Report showing what proportion of the jobs lost in manufacturing since May 1979 is due to the total or partial closures of manufacturing establishments.
§ Mr. AlisonThe information requested is not available. Although some information relating to closures, from reports of redundancies due to occur, is collected at local level by the Manpower Services Commission, it is not comprehensive and is not collated nationally.
February 1978 February 1979 February 1982 Barnsley* 5,028 5,507 11,704 Bradford* 11,001 11,495 24,430 Bridlington 1,159 1.194 1,980 Castleford* 4,048 4,243 8,214 Dewsbury* 3,763 3,347 9,273 Doncaster* 7,899 8,701 17,902 Driffield 221 173 379 Filey 248 268 405 Goole 993 991 2,034 Grimsby 5,562 5,249 10,439 Halifax* 3,238 3,014 8,978 Harrogate 1,490 1,523 2,916 Huddersfield 3,959 3,843 11,680 Hull* 15,746 15,551 27,639 Keighley 1,668 1,519 3,912 Leeds* 19,371 18,140 39,562 Maltby 637 725 1,550 Malton 265 266 467 Mexborough* 2,942 2,998 6,162 Northallerton 710 714 1,506 Pickering 276 336 531 Richmond 636 716 1,169 Ripon 340 319 680 Rotherham 4,652 4,876 11,460 Scarborough 2,236 2,095 3,656 Scunthorpe* 3,652 3,428 11,614 Selby 535 512 1,301 Sheffield* 13,175 14,076 36,878 Skipton 475 409 1,039 Thirsk 333 351 640 Todmorden 535 507 1,330