§ Norman LambTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the total sums(a) claimed and (b) paid out by the Redundancy Payments Office were in each month over the last two years in respect of (a) redundancy pay, (b) holiday pay, (c) notice pay and (d) unpaid wages. [90688]
§ Alan Johnson[holding answer 14 January 2003]: The Redundancy Payments Service claim forms ask claimants for pay and other details of their former employment but not the amount of the claim, which is calculated by the service's computer system. The following table shows the total sums paid out for each of the months and categories specified.
Payments made by the Redundancy Payments Service £000 Arrears of pay1 Compensatory notice pay1 Holiday1 Redundancy1 2001 January 2,221 8,497 1,809 9,946 February 2,142 6,569 1,481 8,995 March 3,442 8,762 1,925 11.334 April 2,692 7,405 1,416 8,408 May 2,513 7,865 1,777 9,057 June 2,217 10,235 2,076 10,097 July 2,015 8,632 1,667 7,761 August 2,490 7,507 2,140 10,551 September 2,454 7,211 1,831 11,156 October 3,198 11,197 2,018 11,650 November 2,932 7,854 1,933 8,627 December 2,117 6,317 1,596 9,241 2002 January 2,749 10,898 2,366 10,144 February 3,396 12,298 2,242 10,817 March 2,625 9,672 1,472 10,186 April 3,070 10,619 1,857 12,039 May 2,494 10,108 2,019 11,263 June 2,158 8,908 1,708 7,499 July 3,328 10,969 2,206 9,864 August 1,963 8,459 1,781 8,119 September 3,112 9,847 2,667 12,885 October 2,974 10,477 2,163 11,539 November 2,972 11,116 2,075 11,917 December 2,178 8,187 1,730 9,567 1Gross payments before the deduction of tax and national insurance contributions.