§ Mr. Knoxasked the Secretary of State for Transport how many British Railways employees have been made redundant in each of the past five years; and how many of these, having been awarded the statutory redundancy lump sum payment and having been allocated a pension, have subsequently been re-employed by British Railways.
§ Mr. William RodgersThe numbers of staff made redundant from all the businesses of the British Railways board during each of the past five years were:
- 1973: 1,993
- 1974: 720
- 1975: 817
- 1976: 1,569
- 1977: 1,694
The other information is being collated and I shall write to the hon. Gentleman as soon as it is available.