HC Deb 01 July 1982 vol 26 c369W
Mr. Ernie Ross

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the average statutory redundancy payment in the United Kingdom as a whole and in Scotland in the latest year.

Mr. Waddington

Figures are not available for the whole of the United Kingdom. The average statutory redundancy payment in Great Britain was £1,162 for the year ending 31 December 1981, or £1,206 for the financial year ending 31 March 1982.

The average statutory redundancy payment to employees of firms based in Scotland was £977 for the year ending 31 December 1981, or £1,024 for the financial year ending 31 March 1982.