§ 14. Mr. Barry Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Wales how many redundancies have been declared in Wales since 1979; and of these how many manufacturing jobs were lost.
§ Mr. Nicholas EdwardsBetween May 1979 and December 1980, 89,014 redundancies were notified in Wales, 53,115 being in the manufacturing industry. Between January 1981 and December 1984 the figures, which were collected on a different basis, were 88,406 in Wales, of which 48,919 were in the manufacturing industry.