§ Mr. Nellistasked the Paymaster General, pursuant to the answer of 10 April to the hon. Member for Coventry, South-East, if, in the light of the fact that information equivalent to that sought in the hon. Member's original question was, until its abolition, published by the West Midlands metropolitan county council, he will reconsider 500W his refusal to publish in the Official Report details of firms in Coventry which have notified redundancies to his Department; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. LangInformation given to the Department under the redundancy handling provisions of the Employment Protection Act is given in confidence. The publication of details of individual redundancies would require the prior approval of the employer concerned, and this could only be done at disproportionate cost.
The figures published by the West Midlands metropolitan county council must come from a different and consequently not directly comparable source.