HC Deb 27 April 1971 vol 816 c85W
Mr. Sillars

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what payments were made under the Redundancy Payments Act in each of the past 12 months.

Mr. Bryan

Total payments to employees in the latest period for which monthly figures are available were as follows:

1970 £
January … … 4,996,017
February … … 5,257,252
March … … 5,400,484
April … … 7,125,185
May … … 6,415,134
June … … 6,251,836
July … … 6,837,034
August … … 6,270,971
September … … 6,243,464
October … … 5,531,393
November … … 5,984,772
December … … 6,226,116