§ Paul HolmesTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many redundancies were notified, broken down by nation and region, in each year since
Table 1: Number of proposed redundancies notified in advance Thousand Region 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 West Midlands 20.1 27.4 38.4 43.1 52.3 24.7 East Midlands 28.4 31.5 35.1 40.0 54.9 31.0 South West 13.9 22.0 17.5 20.2 41.6 19.2 London and South East 64.2 82.0 101.5 115.7 229.9 94.4 Northern 23.1 21.2 20.0 16.4 24.4 8.5 North West 33.3 36.8 46.3 41.7 71.5 23.8 Yorkshire and Humberside 25.6 27.6 29.0 30.3 50.4 18.8 Total for England 208.6 248.5 287.8 307.4 524.9 220.4 Scotland 25.7 29 35.4 25.5 54.1 27.6 Wales 9.4 13.6 14.5 15.0 18.0 11.6
Table 2: Total employee jobs at December each year Thousand 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 England 20,658.9 21,022.9 21,488.9 21,808.2 21,883.5 21,828.7 Scotland 2,121.6 2,161.1 2,171.6 2,232.5 2,281.1 2,257.2 Wales 1,019.3 1,035.2 1,070.6 1.085.4 1,074.8 1,072.6
Table 3: As a percentage of total employee jobs Region 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 England 1.0 1.2 1.3 1.4 2.4 1.0 Scotland 1.2 1.3 1.6 1.1 2.4 1.2 Wales 0.9 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.7 1.1