HC Deb 30 March 1983 vol 40 c161W
36. Mr. McKelvey

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many jobs have been lost in Scotland since 1 January.

Mr. Alexander Fletcher

Comprehensive statistics on jobs lost in Scotland are not available. Provisional figures of redundancies affecting 10 or more workers notified to the Manpower Services Commission indicate that 3,430 and 1,868 redundancies were due to occur in Scotland in January and February 1983 respectively.