§ Mr. Gareth Wardellasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list, for each employment exchange area in Wales, the numbers of redundancies that have been announced for each month in the current year.
§ Mr. Nicholas EdwardsI am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that the information is not available in the precise form requested; it is only collated at travel-to-work area level. For the travel-to-work areas in Wales the latest available information in respect of redundancies notified to the Department of Employment as due to occur is as follows: 377W
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