HC Deb 18 March 1986 vol 94 c106W
Mr. Gordon Brown

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will estimate the number of closures in the northern region notified to him in each year since 1979.

Mr. Howard

The information is not available in the exact form requested. The only readily available data were published inBritish Business, 18 January 1985, which is available in the Library.