Ministerial Corrections
Monday 25 June 2018
Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Rolls-Royce Redundancies
The following is an extract from the urgent question
on Rolls-Royce Redundancies on 14 June 2018.
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(Derby South)
(Lab)
(Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for
Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy to make a statement
on the announcement by Rolls-Royce of 4,600 redundancies
over the next two years.
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The Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial
Strategy (Greg Clark)
Rolls-Royce is one of our most
important companies. It is a world leader in new technology,
and plays a vital role in our industrial strategy. I spoke to
Warren East, the chief executive, yesterday evening. Mr East
explained that the company’s view is that the job losses are
a necessary part of a drive to make the business more
efficient and therefore more competitive. The jobs are
principally in management and corporate support facilities
rather than engineering and operational roles. Rolls-Royce has informed me that the
announcement does not reflect a reduction in growth by the
company; indeed, it reflects the reverse. It has a growing
order book amounting to more than £170 billion, and Mr East
told me that it would need more staff directly employed in
both the manufacture of components and assembly to meet that
demand.
[Official Report, 14 June 2018, Vol. 642, c. 1088.]
Letter of correction from .
An error has been identified in my answer to the urgent
question on Rolls-Royce Redundancies.
The correct response should have been:
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The Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial
Strategy (Greg Clark)
Rolls-Royce is one of our most
important companies. It is a world leader in new technology,
and plays a vital role in our industrial strategy. I spoke to
Warren East, the chief executive, yesterday evening. Mr East
explained that the company’s view is that the job losses are
a necessary part of a drive to make the business more
efficient and therefore more competitive. The jobs are
principally in management and corporate support facilities
rather than engineering and operational roles. Rolls-Royce has informed me that the
announcement does not reflect a reduction in growth by the
company; indeed, it reflects the reverse. It has a growing
order book amounting to more than £78.5 billion, and Mr East
told me that it would need more staff directly employed in
both the manufacture of components and assembly to meet that
demand.
