§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many redundancies were notified to his Department in the Grimsby travel-to-work area in each year from 1979.
§ Mr. Peter BottomleyThe available information relating to confirmed redundancies, is given in the following table:
Redundancies* confirmed as due to occur in the Grimsby jobcentre area†—1979 to June 1985 Number 1979 nil 1980 1,005 1981 1,886 1982 880 1983 1,436 1984 1,081 1985‡ 78 * Confirmed by the Manpower Services Commission as due to occur and based on notifications of impending redundancies involving ten or more workers. † The Grimsby jobcentre area approximates very closely to the Grimsby travel-to-work area. ‡ January to June. Includes provisional figures for May and June 1985.