HC Deb 08 December 1983 vol 50 c216W
Mr. Wainwright

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many redundancies have been notified to his Department as having occurred in the Huddersfield travel-to-work area during 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982 and for the last date available.

Mr. Alan Clark

The numbers of redundancies in Huddersfield, involving 10 or more employees, reported to the Manpower Services Commission is given in the following table.

Redundancies confirmed as due to occur in the Huddersfield travel-to-work area
Number
1979 1,600
1980 3,812
1981 2,747
1982 3,044
January 1983–October 1983* 741
* These statistics include provisional figures for September and October 1983.