Mr. GordonBrown asked the the Secretary of State for Scotland how many firms have (a) reported redundancies to his Department and (b) reported closures since June 1979; and, in each case, how many jobs have been involved.
§ Mr. Lang[pursuant to his reply, 9 March 1987, c. 89]: Information is not available in the precise form requested. There are no comprehensive statistics on redundancies. The following information relates to the numbers of redundancies and closures affecting 10 or more workers 292W notified to the Manpower Services Commission as due to occur in Scotland during the period July 1979 to December 1986. Information on the number of firms reporting redundancies during the period is available only at disproportionate cost. The number of confirmed redundancies reported was 301,855, of which 94,567 were due to the closure of 1,710 firms.