SSI Redcar steelworks: 954 jobs lost in supply chain

More than 2,000 SSI steelworkers were made redundant when the plant closed in October 2015. Credit: PA

New figures show that nearly a thousand people who worked for companies that supplied the SSI steelworks in Redcar have been made redundant since it closed.

The Task Force set up to help people back into work has said it has helped nearly 700 people back into work or training. Here are their headline figures -

Job losses:

Redundancy payments and benefits:

Training and support:

Jobs and skills fairs:

Apprentices: