§ Mr. Haseldineasked the Minister of Labour if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT a list analysing, by industry, the number of redundancy payments made since 6th December, 1965.
§ Mr. HattersleyUp to 30th September, 1967 payments have been made under the Redundancy Payments Act in respect of the following numbers of workers:
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing 6,925 Mining and Quarrying 8,951 Food, Drink and Tobacco 13,599 Chemicals and Allied Industries 7,467 Metal Manufacture 13,432 Engineering and Electrical Goods 42,674 Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering 7,586 Vehicles 22,012 Metal Goods not elsewhere specified 9,488 Textiles 19,887 Leather, Leather goods and Fur 1,491 Clothing and Footwear 9,397 Bricks, Pottery, Glass and Cement, etc. 7,885 Timber, furniture, etc. 9,943 Paper, Printing and Publishing 11,533 Other Manufacturing Industries 5,390 Construction 44,839 Gas, Electricity and Water 1,912 Transport and Communication 16,754 Distributive Trades 31,895 Insurance, Banking and Finance 2,310 Professional and Scientific Services 3,290 Miscellaneous Services 17,042 Public Administration and Defence 3,180 Total 318,882
§ Mr. Haseldineasked the Minister of Labour if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT a list analysing, by region, the number of redundancy payments made since 6th December, 1965.
§ Mr. HattersleyOn the basis of Ministry of Labour regions payments have been made under the Redundancy Payments Act up to 30th September, 1967 in respect of the following numbers of workers:
Northern … … 22,799 Yorks and Humberside … … 23,739 Eastern and Southern … … 38,158 London and South Eastern … … 77,283 South Western … … 18,696 Wales … … 16,905 Midlands … … 45,850 North Western … … 42,280 Scotland … … 33,172 Total … 318,882
§ Mr. Haseldineasked the Minister of Labour if he will publish in the OFFICIAL 588W REPORT the number of persons at present unemployed who have received redundancy payment.
§ Mr. HattersleyI regret that this information is not available.
§ Mr. Haseldineasked the Minister of Labour if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT the number of persons who have received redundancy payments and who have since found employment.
§ Mr. HattersleyI regret that this information is not available.
§ Mr. Haseldineasked the Minister of Labour how many payments have been made under the Redundancy Fund since 30th June, 1967.
§ Mr. HattersleyFrom 1st July to 30th September, 1967 payments have been made from the Redundancy Fund to employers in respect of 52,338 workers who qualified for redundancy payments. In addition, payments to 3,331 workers have been made direct from the Redundancy Fund on behalf of employers who because of insolvency, and other causes failed to meet their obligations under the Redundancy Payments Act.