HC Deb 24 November 1992 vol 214 c642W
Mr. Purchase

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many redundancies there have been in the west midlands in the last three months.

Mr. McLoughlin

Data on redundancies are now obtained from the quarterly labour force survey. The latest information available relates to spring 1992. This shows that in the three months prior to the survey 32,000 people were made redundant in the west midlands region.

Mr. McMaster

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many redundancies in Renfrew district have been notified to her Department since July; how many of these have been confirmed redundancies; if she will publish a table breaking down these redundancies by employer, job centre, standard industrial classification and those resulting from company closure or bankruptcy; and if she will make a statement.

Mr. McLoughlin

Figures on notification of redundancies are not held for areas smaller than economic regions.

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