§ Mr. Nellistasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many firms have announced redundancies in each year since 1979 (a) in the west midlands and (b) in Coventry; and how many were made redundant on each occasion.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkThe information requested is given in the following table.
Redundancies confirmed as due to occur* 1979 to 1984 West Midlands Coventry job centre areas Number of occasions† Redundancies involved‡ Number of occasions† Redundancies involved‡ 1979 252 19,320 — — 1980 1,344 69,436 104 13,665 1981 1,252 59,556 122 5,024 1982 1,052 40,055 74 3,087 1983 951 39,297 61 3,667 1984║ 113 2,773 6 487 * Redundancies involving fewer than ten employees are excluded. † Firms which have made redundancies on more than one occasion during the period are included more than once. 98W
Table 1—Notified Vacancies Remaining Unfilled on 3 February 1984 Standard Industrial Classification 1980 Jobcentres Coventry Bedworth Leamington Nuneaton Rugby Stratford-on-Avon Agriculture, forestry and fishing — — 3 — 1 — Coal extraction — — — — — — Mineral oil and natural gas extraction — — — — — — Mineral oil processing — — — — — — Nuclear fuel production — — — — — — Gas, electricity and water 5 — 2 — — — Extraction of other minerals and ores — — — — — — Metal manufacture — — — — — — Manufacture of non-metallic products — — — 8 1 — Chemical industry 4 — — — — 2 Production of man-made fibres 2 — — — — — Manufacture of metal goods 10 1 13 10 7 11 Mechanical engineering 40 9 16 18 2 3 Manufacture of office machinery and data processing equipment 1 — 1 — — 1 Electrical and electronic engineering 7 — 4 3 5 — Manufacture of motor vehicles 14 4 5 1 — — Shipbuilding and repairing — 1 — — — — Manufacture of aerospace and other transport equipment 7 — — — — — Instrument engineering — — — — — — Food, drink and tobacco 4 — 8 — 2 10 Textiles 14 2 1 9 11 1 Leather, footwear and clothing 26 — 3 15 1 3 Timber and furniture 6 2 3 — 1 — Paper, printing and publishing 6 — 5 5 — — Other manufacturing 4 — 1 1 — 3 Construction 28 1 8 12 19 14 Wholesale distribution 12 3 7 2 36 7 Retail distribution 95 3 31 18 18 28 Hotel and catering 46 2 26 9 14 33 Repair of consumer goods and vehicles 5 — 1 — — — ‡ Some figures for earlier years have been revised following late notification.
║ January and February, provisional figures.