§ Ms HarmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list those companies reporting redundancies where the number of redundancies was fewer than 20; and what was the total number of redundancies reported by those firms where the number of redundancies was fewer than 20, in each case breaking the data down by industrial sector, gender and region. [21047]
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§ Mr. Oppenheim[holding answer 26 April 1995]: Information supplied by individual employers under the statutory redundancy notification arrangements is given in
Redundancies of <20 employees notified under s193 trade union and labour relations (consolidation) act 1992:1994 Sector South West West Midlands East Midlands and Eastern North North West Yorkshire and Humberside Wales Scotland Total Agriculture, forestry, fishing 40 28 50 13 27 — — 10 — 168 Energy and water supply 243 75 30 314 77 — — 12 — 751 Minerals, ores, metals, chemicals 104 39 167 200 102 43 177 86 222 1,140 Metal goods, engineering, vehicles 1,377 430 557 580 164 674 486 227 572 5,067 Other manufacturing industries 689 283 814 827 320 845 490 183 587 5,038 Construction 483 150 288 380 345 626 288 106 1,041 3,707 Distribution, hotels and catering, repairs 1,548 673 704 854 199 968 384 276 403 6,009 Transport and communication 589 182 129 250 81 240 213 34 260 1,978 Banking, finance, business services, leasing 1,991 418 288 350 105 589 225 39 333 4,338 Other services 1,622 490 530 371 318 607 393 74 314 4,719 Total 8,686 2,768 3,557 4,139 1,738 4,592 2,656 1,047 3,732 32,915 Note:
Under s193 of the TULR(C) Act 1992, an employer is required to notify the Secretary of State for Employment of 10 or more proposed redundancies occurring at one establishment within a period of 30 days or less.