HC Deb 01 March 1991 vol 186 c650W
Mr. Maxton

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the number of confirmed redundancies in each quarter in each financial year in Scotland since 1978–79.

Mr. Allan Stewart

There are no comprehensive statistics on redundancies. A consistent series of redundancies involving 10 or more workers, confirmed to the Employment Department as having occurred in Scotland in each quarter since the 1978–79 financial year, is set out in the table: