§ Mr. Wainwrightasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many redundancies in the wool textile industry have been notified to his Department since 1980; and what was the average amount of compensation paid.
§ Mr. Peter BottomleyI regret that the information requested is available only for groups of industries according to the standard industrial classification.
Order 13 covers all textile products and includes amongst others, man made fibres, lace, cotton, wool, jute, carpets, rope and hosiery. Information for this order is:
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Textile Industry (Order No. XIII SIC 1968) Year Number of Employees who received Statutory Redundancy Payments Total amount (£) of Statutory Redundancy Payment received by Employees 1980 35,730 31,540,160 1981 31,590 30,667,665 1982 22,651 23,440,294 1983 14,508 16,264,527 1984* 3,067 3,369,110 Totals 107,546 105,281,756 * January to March. The average payment (1980–March 1984) for the Order was £979.00.