§ Mr. Deakinsasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many firms have announced redundancies in each year since 1979 in Walthamstow; and how many workers were made redundant in each year.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkThe information requested is given in the following table:
Redundancies confirmed as due to occur* in the Walthamstow jobcentre area
Number of firms† Redundancies involved 1979 14 754 1980 21 1,571 1981 13 1,087 1982 9 1,477 1983 4 519 ‡1984 4 101 * Redundancies involving fewer than ten employees are excluded. † Firms which have made redundancies on more than one occasion during a year are only counted once in that year. ‡ January to March—provisional.