asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many redundancies have been notified since the beginning of May 1979 by firms in the United Kingdom as a whole, and in Scotland.

The number of proposed redundancies which have been notified to my Department in the period May-September 1979 is as follows:

asked the Secretary of State for Employment in how many instances his Department's local offices have been notified of (a) industrial redundancies and (b) factory closures in Wales since 1 May 1979; and how many employees have been affected by these notifications, respectively.

Separate figures on industrial redundancies are not available. The total number of proposed redundancies in Wales notified to my Department in the period May to September 1979 was 13,773–204 establishments. For the same period the number of redundancies, where closure of the establishment was involved was 8,678–101 establishments.