§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what has been (a) the number of companies which either closed down or declared redundancies and (b) the total number of jobs lost as a result in Dundee in each year since 1976.
§ Mr. Allan StewartThere are no comprehensive statistics on redundancies or closures. The following table 141W provides information on a number of redundancies and closures affecting 10 or more workers notified to the
Notified Redundancies and Closures in Dundee: January 1976–September 1983 No. of firms closed* No. of workers redundant through closure Total number of redundancies (inclusive of those through closure) 1976 1 13 747 1977 6 687 3281 1978 1 10 1451 1979 3 157 705 1980 11 430 3938 1981 14 505 2956 1982 12 669 2087 1983: January-July (final figures) 10 560 3551 August-September (provisional) 4 45 213 * Figures for the number of firms declaring redundancies without closure are not available.