§ Mr. Gordon Brownasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many redundancies have been reported to him in each month of 1986 and 1987 for which figures are now available.
§ Mr. LangThere are no comprehensive statistics on redundancies. The table shows information on the number of redundancies involving 10 or more workers confirmed to the Manpower Services Commission as occurring in Scotland in each month during the period from January 1986 to February 1987.
Year/Month Confirmed Redundancies 1986 January 1,910 February 2,263 March 3,007 April 3,412 May 2,523 June 3,457 July 2,842 August 2,268 September 1,971 October 2,574 November 1,352 December 2,004 1987 January 1,396 February 881 All figures given may be subject to amendment. Figures for January and February of this year are as at March 1 1987, and final figures are expected to be higher than those given.