§ Mr. Woodallasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the number of confirmed redundancies in each of the metropolitan counties, and in 550W each of the metropolitan districts for each quarter since the beginning of 1981; and if he will give a breakdown by industry of these figures.
§ 895 Mr. Peter BottomleyThe available information is as follows. An industrial breakdown of these figures could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Redundancies* confirmed as due to occur from 1981 to 1984 in metropolitan counties† and districts† 1981 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 West Midlands MC 11,024 10,644 9,774 9,817 Birmingham 3,615 4,899 5,383 3,267 Coventry 2,004 1,362 931 852 Dudley 943 659 794 1,645 Sandwell 1,840 1,704 1,206 1,509 Solihull 243 630 598 647 Walsall 922 510 400 968 Wolverhampton 1,457 880 462 929 South Yorkshire MC 5,862 6,717 5,334 3,543 Barnsley 717 312 867 328 Doncaster 1,108 1,800 1,339 1,012 Rotherham 1,237 313 357 397 Sheffield 2,800 4,292 2,771 1,806 West Yorkshire MC 6,649 5,906 4,956 6,429 Bradford 1,113 1,906 995 1,519 Calderdale 718 741 501 795 Kirklees 1,696 641 1,235 1,031 Leeds 2,503 1,882 1,714 2,083 Wakefield 619 736 511 1,001 Greater ManchesterMC‡ 10,457 10,441 8,262 8,514 Bolton 1,257 1,701 490 1,189 Bury 473 270 171 252 Manchester 1,630 1,827 2,385 2,123 Oldham 1,012 1,471 885 747 Rochdale 993 838 568 500 Salford 1,457 754 658 831 Stockport 420 264 584 331 Tameside 933 669 910 783 Trafford 1,180 1,617 802 789 Wigan‡ 1,142 1,088 873 1,054 Merseyside MC‡ 5,370 7,355 4,363 3,787 Knowsley 945 885 608 641 Liverpool 2,279 4,390 1,871 1,497 St. Helens 904 909 781 828 Sefton 467 471 191 294 Wirral 735 642 848 442 Tyne and Wear MC 3,659 4,070 3,264 3,821 Gateshead 1,299 921 682 944 Newcastle 659 625 1,322 1,133 North Tyneside 492 591 361 760 South Tyneside 617 484 315 221 Sunderland 592 1,449 584 763 Greater London 14,411 14,509 12,770 13,308 551W
1982 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 West Midlands MC 6,682 6,209 6,866 9,182 Birmingham 1,622 2,771 3,397 3,128 Coventry 870 547 702 1,024 Dudley 435 996 568 1,869 Sandwell 579 799 842 1,575 Solihull 1,737 181 219 165 Walsall 729 483 681 531 Wolverhampton 710 432 457 890 South Yorkshire MC 2,499 3,810 3,202 5,968 Barnsley 625 459 739 640
Doncaster 435 711 533 1,141 Rotherham 242 550 461 125 Sheffield 1,197 2,090 1,469 4,062 West Yorkshire MC 5,589 5,411 4,732 5,367 Bradford 992 1,066 1,193 1,501 Calderdale 571 1,187 585 535 Kirklees 1,661 1,025 956 840 Leeds 1,796 1,747 1,210 1,689 Wakefield 569 386 788 802 Greater Manchester MC‡ 6,242 7,907 6,035 7,387 Bolton 599 688 624 659 Bury 412 561 206 364 Manchester 2,065 1,591 1,139 1,805 Oldham 300 1,127 152 222 Rochdale 314 896 391 454 Salford 791 747 682 986 Stockport 371 493 518 680 Tameside 343 480 394 743 Trafford 801 836 1,391 703 Wigan‡ 255 541 599 805 Merseyside MC‡ 4,644 4,039 3,375 3,936 Knowsley 1,024 240 324 406 Liverpool 1,498 1,921 1,268 1,627 St. Helens 1,458 987 599 1,112 Sefton 168 213 672 194 Wirral 487 625 451 526 Tyne and Wear MC 2,247 3,418 3,682 3,429 Gateshead 481 1,337 434 1,095 Newcastle 194 104 753 267 North Tyneside 646 618 446 538 South Tyneside 168 756 1,260 436 Sunderland 758 603 789 1,093 Greater London 13,220 12,851 12,503 10,819
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1983 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 West Midlands MC 8,605 6,107 7,635 5,540 Birmingham 2,767 2,294 2,616 2,450 Coventry 914 873 1,375 505 Dudley 1,920 394 1,424 526 Sandwell 1,203 819 826 374 Solihull 318 439 442 191 Walsall 773 696 323 647 Wolverhampton 710 592 629 847 South Yorkshire MC 4,772 3,951 3,171 3,159 Barnsley 262 594 837 661 Doncaster 728 802 831 613 Rotherham 763 1,108 220 784 Sheffield 3,019 1,447 1,283 1,101 West Yorkshire MC 3,967 3,528 2,895 4,314 Bradford 916 678 425 864 Calderdale 475 532 404 223 Kirklees 764 355 391 252 Leeds 1,419 1,322 1,053 1,196 Wakefield 393 641 622 1,779 Greater Manchester MC‡ 6,254 5,217 5.715 5,978 Bolton 350 598 488 1,311 Bury 334 351 382 251 Manchester 1,229 1,057 1,095 775 Oldham 386 555 418 348 Rochdale 303 240 142 475 Salford 690 490 913 902 Stockport 784 196 266 201 Tameside 511 602 544 705 Trafford 844 660 780 530
Wigan‡ 886 595 733 518 Merseyside MC‡ 2,825 4,227 3,367 3,193 Knowsley 257 91 975 696 Liverpool 1,101 3,025 1,135 1,004 St. Helens 897 234 618 452 Sefton 296 448 364 191 Wirral 211 302 229 812 Tyne and Wear MC 2,405 3,683 2,663 3,176 Gateshead 645 452 205 256 Newcastle 304 492 504 393 North Tyneside 646 991 370 977 South Tyneside 204 313 408 301 Sunderland 606 1,435 1,176 1,249 Greater London 8,803 9,167 7,512 8,596 553W
1984 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 West Midlands MC 5,395 4,880 5,568 4,205 Birmingham 2,658 1,788 2,163 1,889 Coventry 719 527 696 584 Dudley 347 567 678 563 Sandwell 438 534 190 230 Solihull 239 73 769 247 Walsall 414 808 454 296 Wolverhampton 580 583 618 396 South Yorkshire MC 3,156 2,876 2,047 1,840 Barnsley 395 501 340 455 Doncaster 701 261 248 322 Rotherham 372 483 435 310 Sheffield 1,688 1,631 1,024 753 West Yorkshire MC 3,021 2,579 2,614 2,127 Bradford 622 660 760 502 Calderdale 238 285 185 161 Kirklees 410 361 349 91 Leeds 1,010 515 1,156 939 Wakefield 741 758 164 434 GreaterManchester MC‡ 3,932 3,892 3,165 4,564 Bolton 334 279 273 241 Bury 323 111 106 275 Manchester 1,067 806 821 704 Oldham 227 775 194 564 Rochdale 134 204 237 552 Salford 522 143 230 360 Stockport 120 131 270 250 Tameside 346 348 313 321 Trafford 609 616 503 557 Wigan‡ 367 491 284 752 Merseyside MC‡ 3,596 2,778 2,521 2,833 Knowsley 305 272 453 235 Liverpool 641 1,271 990 1,731 St. Helens 522 273 165 291 Sefton 909 113 117 437 Wirral 1,102 837 730 127 Tyne and Wear MC 2,403 4,670 2,483 2,139 Gateshead 258 1,546 890 270 Newcastle 330 925 504 252 North Tyneside 708 949 368 687 South Tyneside 610 887 333 513 Sunderland 497 363 388 417 Greater London 4,106 5,129 8,525 6,479 Notes: * Confirmed by the Manpower Services Commission as due to occur and based on notifications of impending redundancies involving ten or more workers. † The figures for these areas have been obtained by a best fit of
jobcentre areas. The accuracy of this approximation in some instances will be poor and it is for this reason that figures for the London boroughs are not shown. ‡ The Ashton-in-Makerfield joboentre area is included in the approximation to the Wigan local authority area but is excluded from the approximation to Greater Manchester and included in Merseyside.