§ Mr. Pikeasked the Paymaster General what has been the rate of redundancies per thousand employees in 1979 and each subsequent year in (a) the United Kingdom and (b) the north-west region.
§ Mr. LangThe available information, relating to confirmed redundancies, is given in the following table:
Redundancies* confirmed as due to occur per thousand employees in employment† Year Great Britain North West Region 1979 8 15 1980 22 35 1981 25 37 1982 19 28 1983 16 22 1984 11 16 1985 11 15 * Redundancies confirmed by the Manpower Services Commission as due to occur and are based on following up employers' notifications of redundancies involving ten or more workers under the Employment Protection Act 1975. Figures for 1985 are provisional. † Late mid-year (June) estimates of employees in employment.
§ Mr. Pikeasked the Paymaster General how many redundancies have occurred in (a) manufacturing and (b) construction in the north-west region in each year since 1979; and what has been the percentage decline in each category.
§ Mr. LangThe available information, relating to confirmed redundancies, is given in the following table:
Redundancies* confirmed as due to occur in the North West Region Year Manufacturing industries Percentage change on previous year Construction industries Percentage change on previous year 1979 28,993 — 4,661 — 1980 73,900 +155 8,003 +72 1981 70,700 -4 8,281 +3 1982 50,583 -28 3,703 -55 1983 37,861 -25 2,941 -21 1984† 26,067 -31 3,498 +19 1985 23,235 -11 2,691 -23 * Redundancies confirmed by the Manpower Services Commission as due to occur and are based on following up employers' notifications of redundancies involving 10 or more workers under the Employment Protection Act 1975. Figures for 1985 are provisional. † Because of changes in the standard industrial classification the series from 1984 onwards differ slightly in composition from earlier years.