§ Mr. Pikeasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many redundancy notifications have been given for each of the last 12 months for which figures are available in the Burnley travel-to-work area.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkThe number of redundancies in the Burnley travel-to-work area, involving 10 or more employees, confirmed by the Manpower Services Commission as due to occur in each of the last 12 months, is given in the following table.
Redundancies confirmed as due to occur in the Burnley travel-to-work area: January to December 1983 1983 Number January 10 February 170 March 38 April 38 May 54 June 52 July 98 August 136 September 135 October 50 November *64 December *115 * Provisional figures.
§ Mr. Pikeasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many jobs in the Burnley travel-to-work area were being supported by the temporary short-time working 28W scheme during the last month for which figures are available; and how that figure compares with figures for the same month in previous years for which the scheme has operated.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkThe number of potentially redundant jobs which were supported under the temporary short time working compensation scheme in November 1983 in the Burnley travel-to-work area was 31.
The comparable figures for previous years were as follows:
November Number 1982 283 1981 1,644 1980 1,188 1979 Nil