§ Mr. McQuarrieasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list in the Official Report the number of male and female redundancies notified in the Aberdeenshire, East constituency in the years 1979, 1980, 1981 and 1982 and in January 1983 to date.
§ Mr. Alexander Fletcher[pursuant to his reply, 20 January 1983, c. 213.]: There are no comprehensive statistics on redundancies. The table following shows the number of workers involved in redundancies affecting 10 or more people notified to the employment offices of the Manpower Services Commission whose areas fall wholly or partly within the Aberdeenshire, East constituency. Separate satistics for males and females are not available.
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Redundancies affecting 10 or more people notified to the Manpower Services Commission Employment Office Areas *1979 *1980 *1981 †1982 January † 1983 Fraser 151 465 274 478 Nil Peterhead Nil 507 685 1,323 20
Employment Office Areas *1979 *1980 *1981 †1982 January † 1983 Banff Nil Nil Nil 12 Nil Aberdeen 2,495 2,908 3,194 2,445 19 TOTAL 2,646 3,880 4,153 4,258 39 * Final figures. † Provisional figures.