§ Mr. Frank Fieldasked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) if he will give the latest figures since 29 February 1984 for the number of firms announcing redundancies in (i) the Wirral and (ii) Birkenhead;
(2) if he will give the figures since 29 February 1984 for the number of redundancies and closures in Birkenhead and Merseyside.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkThe information requested is given in the following table: 301W
Redundacies confirmed as due to occur* from 1 March 1984 to 31 December 1984† Wirral local authority area‡ Birkenhead jobcentre area Merseyside Metropolitan county‡ Number of occasions of redundancy≑ 13 10 147 Redundancies involved 1,402 1,202 9,024 Closures: number of establishments 6 Nil 56 Redundancies involved in closures 157 Nil 3,663 Notes: * Confirmation by the Manpower Services Commission as due to occur and based on notifications of impending redundancies involving 10 or more workers. † Includes provisional figures for December. ‡ Groupings of jobcentre areas approximating to the area. ≑ Firms which have made redundancies on more than one occasion during the period are counted more than once.