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Mr. James Hamilton
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many redundancies have been reported to him in the area covered by the Bothwell constituency over the last three years up until May; and how many have resulted in closures.
Mr. Alexander Fletcher
[pursuant to his reply, 13 July 1982, c. 277]: There are no comprehensive statistics of redundancies and closures. The table following gives information on the numbers of redundancies involving 10 or more employees reported to the Manpower Services Commission as due to occur in the Bellshill, Uddington, Airdrie, Coatbridge, Motherwell and Parkhead employment office areas (parts of which cover the Bothwell constituency), including those known to have resulted in closure, in each year since 1979.
1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982* | |
Instances of redundancy† | 54 | 84 | 106 | 32 |
Numbers of workers made redundant† | 2,939 | 4,875 | 4,448 | 1,895 |
Instances of closure | — | 17 | 18 | 7 |
Jobs involved in closures | — | 988 | 747 | 502 |
* January-May provisional. | ||||
† including those resulting in closure. |
1979–80 Acquisitions | ||||||
Region | Industry | Housing/Commerce | Total | |||
£ | Acres | £ | Acres | £ | Acres | |
Lothian | 226,299 | 19·39 | 351,942 | 9·98 | 578,241 | 29·37 |
Grampian | 3,167 | * | 260,371 | 100·89 | 263,538 | 100·89 |
Fife | — | — | 85,000 | 0·26 | 85,000 | 0·26 |
Strathclyde | — | — | 10,336 | 1·40 | 10,336 | 1·40 |
229,466 | 19·39 | 707,649 | 112·53 | 937,115 | 131·92 | |
* Tenement Flat. |
1979–80 Disposals | ||
Region | Receipts | Acres |
£ | ||
Lothian | 847,000 | 29·62 |
Highland | 20,500 | 3·27 |
Fife | 20,000 | 5·60 |
Dumfries and Galloway | 72,630 | 6·18 |
960,130 | 44·67 |