HC Deb 23 January 1984 vol 52 cc426-7W
Mr. Gordon Brown

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many establishments in the industrial and service sectors, involving how many workers, have closed in Scotland since May 1979.

Mr. Allan Stewart

There are no comprehensive statistics on closures. The following table provides information on the number of closures affecting 10 or more workers notified to the Manpower Services Commission as due to occur in Scotland during the period requested.

Redundancies notified as due to occur in Scotland as a result of

closure:
May 1979—October 1983*
Number of Workers Number of Units
Industrial Sector† 58,144 646
Service Sector‡ 11,044 453
Notes:
* Figures for 1981–83 are not fully comparable with earlier years as a result of improvements in data collection, designed to secure better coverage of reported redundancies which are actually expected to take effect.
† Standard industrial classification 1968(SIC (68)) Orders II-XXI.
‡ SIC (68) Orders XXII-XXVII.