§ Ms. QuinTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the total number of redundancies in the shipbuilding and ship repair industries in Strathclyde since 1 January 1984.
§ Mr. Lang[holding answer 7 July 1989]: There are no comprehensive statistics on redundancies. The number of redundancies involving 10 or more workers confirmed to the Employment Department/Training Agency as having occurred in Strathclyde region in the shipbuilding and shiprepairing industry since 1 January 1984 was 4,221. This figure relates to redundancies confirmed up to 31 May 1989 and figures for 1989 are provisional.