§ Rev. Ian Paisleyasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many redundancies were reported in each of the travel-to-work areas in Northern Ireland in the years 1979, 1980, 1981 and 1982, respectively, in total and sub-divided by standard industrial classification order.
§ Mr. ButlerInformation on redundancies by travel-to-work areas is available from 1980, the total numbers in each area for 1980, 1981 and 1982 are as follows: 721W
Travel-to-work area 1980 1981 1982 Armagh 286 300 97 Ballymena 944 2,256 1,501 Belfast 8,161 13,713 11,353 Coleraine 1,002 698 334 Cookstown 49 199 107 Craigavon 1,196 1,867 1,129 Downpatrick 683 361 213 Dungannon 233 812 436 Enniskillen 111 498 236 Londonderry 1,537 1,861 1,554 Newry 541 473 644 Omagh 91 261 139 Strabane 109 199 244 Total 14,943 23,498 17,987 An analysis of redundancies by standard industrial classification order is not available for the travel-to-work areas. Details on this basis covering Northern Ireland as a whole for 1979, 1980, 1981 and 1982 were given in my reply to the hon. Gentleman on 27 April 1983.—[Vol. 41, c. 363–64.]