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Mr. Nellist
asked the Paymaster General how many redundancies have been registered in Coventry, the west midlands and nationally in each year since 1974.
Mr. Alan Clark
The latest available information is set out in the table below. Data on confirmed redundancies are not available for years before 1977. The hon. Member will wish to note that the figure shown for Coventry jobcentre areas for 1979 replaces that given in error in my reply to the hon. Member on 9 April 1984 at column 97.
| Redundancies* confirmed as due to occur 1977 to 1985 | |||
| Year | Coventry Jobcentre Areas | West Midlandst‡ | Great Britain |
| 1977 | 1,232 | 6,135 | 158,360 |
| 1978 | 2,641 | 10,006 | 172,563 |
| 1979 | 1,798 | 19,320 | 186,784 |
| 1980 | 13,665 | 69,436 | 493,704 |
| 1981 | 5,024 | 59,556 | 532,030 |
| 1982 | 3,087 | 40,229 | 400,416 |
| 1983 | 3,667 | 40,413 | 326,638 |
| 1984 | 2,674 | 25,675 | 237,770 |
| 1985 January-August† | 1,161 | 14,321 | 127,616 |
| * Confirmed by the Manpower Services Commission as due to occur and based on notifications of impending redundancies involving ten or more workers. | |||
| † Includes provisional figures for July and August 1985. | |||
| ‡ Some figures for earlier years have been revised following late notification. | |||