§ Mr. Parryasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many companies have closed down in (a) the Liverpool travel-to-work area and (b) the Merseyside special development area in each of the years since May 1979 to the latest date; and if he will list the number of jobs lost in each closure.
§ Mr. GummerThe available information on closures and associated redundancies, involving ten or more employees, reported to the Manpower Services Commission is given in the following table.
Closures reported as due to occur: May 1979 to December 1982* Establishments Redundancies involved Liverpool travel-to-work area May to December 1979 37 2,862 1980 65 4,361 1981 70 6,078 *1982 49 3,657 Merseyside special development area May to December 1979 50 3,096 1980 86 6,671 1981 106 7,748 *1982 71 6,025 * Including provisional figures for December 1982.