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Mr. Henderson
asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list in the Official Report the number of redundancies notified to his Department in each month of the past two years in Scotland and England, respectively.
Mr. Golding
For each month from October 1976 to October 1978 proposed redundancies in all industries in Scotland, England and Wales have been notified to my Department as follows:
| Scotland | England | Wales | |
| October 1976 | 7,243 | 45,300 | 4,540 |
| November 1976 | 7,026 | 28,365* | 2,781 |
| December 1976 | 12,277 | 14,309* | 2,758 |
| January 1977 | 9,456 | 36,511 | 2,553 |
| February1977 | 5,353 | 41,262 | 3,529 |
| March 1977 | 5,477 | 45,062 | 3,475 |
| April 1977 | 10,483 | 37,068 | 3,300 |
| May 1977 | 5,808 | 43,929 | 3,680 |
| June 1977 | 10,601 | 46,380 | 5,919 |
| July 1977 | 6,010 | 47,403 | 1,897 |
| August 1977 | 6,577 | 33,646 | 1,750 |
| September 1977 | 4,137 | 39,140 | 2,653 |
| October 1977 | 7,202 | 34,785 | 3,020 |
| November 1977 | 7,107 | 38,073 | 4,703 |
| December 1977 | 6,223 | 38,569 | 2,786 |
| January 1978 | 5,547 | 38,772 | 2,948 |
| February1978 | 4,657 | 47,176 | 2,458 |
| March 1978 | 6,636 | 47,794 | 2,991 |
| April 1978 | 4,577 | 40,435 | 2,759 |
| May 1978 | 4,676 | 43,663 | 2,427 |
| June 1978 | 6,491 | 44,260 | 5,524 |
| July 1978 | 5,469 | 32,111 | 1,510 |
| August 1978 | 3,912 | 32,538 | 2,239 |
| September 1978 | 5,922 | 33,229 | 2,383 |
| October 1978 | 4,451 | 34,221 | 1,649 |
| Total | 163,318 | 963,941* | 76,232 |
| Scotland | England | Wales |
| 52,171 | 344,594 | 27,683 |
* Owing to industrial action complete figures are not available here and could be calculated only at disproportionate cost.