§ Mr. HinchliffeTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if she will provide total spending figures from the state redundancy fund for 1990–91 and 1991–92.
§ Mr. McLoughlinThe redundancy fund was merged with the national insurance fund in February 1991. Total spending under the redundancy and insolvency provisions of the employment protection legislation amounted to £144 million in 1990–91 and £283 million in 1991–92.