§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is (a) the total of redundancy payments made to employees by their employers, or direct from the redundancy fund, under the terms of the Employment Protection Act and (b) the amounts paid from the redundancy fund in rebates to employers and direct payments to employees, in 1981 and the current year, to date.
§ Mr. Peter BottomleyThe information for the past four years and the first quarter of 1985 is as follows:
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No. of statutory redundancy payments Amount paid from Redundancy Fund £000 1981 809,639 415,671 1982 634,818 370,193
No. of statutory redundancy payments Amount paid from Redundancy Fund £000 1983 608,490 397,628 1984 425,178 300,059 *1985 103,161 77,548 * First quarter.