HC Deb 06 February 1989 vol 146 c561W
Dr. Godman

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the number of jobs lost in manufacturing and in the service section in Greenock and Port Glasgow in each of the past five years.

Mr. Lang

Information is not available in the precise form requested. The information set out in the table relates to the number of redundancies involving 10 or more workers confirmed to the Training Agency as occurring in the Greenock travel-to-work-area, which includes Port Glasgow, in each year from 1984 to 1988.

Confirmed redundancies in the Greenock travel-to-work-area, 1984—88
Manufacturing Services
1984 2,466 22
1985 1,593 92
1986 973 90
1987 352 39
19881 72 3
1Figures for 1988 are provisional.

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