Public Sector Job Losses

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Wales – in the House of Commons at 11:30 am on 16 March 2011.

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Photo of David Jones David Jones The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales 11:30, 16 March 2011

A forecast of public sector job losses was published last year by the Office for Budgetary Responsibility. This was based on UK-wide macro-economic data, and no regional breakdown is available. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State and I remain committed to working with ministerial colleagues to minimise the impact of the reductions in public expenditure that we are having to make on Welsh workers and their families.

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