§ Mr. Bishopasked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity what is the total amount paid from the inception of the Redundancy Payments Act to date; and what numbers of workers and categories of employment were affected in the most recent quarter.
§ Mr. HattersleyThe total amount paid up to 30th June, 1968 is about £107,000,000. Of this sum £27,000,000 was paid by individual employers and £80,000,000 from the Redundancy Fund. In the quarter ended 30th June, 1968 payments were made to approximately 62,500 workers.
140WInformation is not available about the occupations of these workers, but the following is an analysis of these payments by industries:
Industry Number of Payments Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing 1,400 Mining and Quarrying 5,600 Food, Drink and Tobacco 3,400 Chemicals and Allied Industries 1,000 Metal Manufacture 2,000 Engineering and Electrical Goods 9,700 Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering 1,300 Vehicles 4,200 Metal Goods not elsewhere specified 2,000 Textiles 2,700 Leather, Leather goods and fur 200 Clothing and Footwear 1,300 Bricks, Pottery, Glass and Cement, etc. 1,000 Timber, Furniture, etc. 1,200 Paper, Printing and Publishing 1,400 Other Manufacturing Industies 900 Construction 7,300 Gas, Electricity and Water 1,300 Transport and Communication 3,500 Distributive Trades 6,300 Insurance, Banking and Finance 400 Professional and Scientific Services 600 Miscellaneous Services 3,500 Public Administration and Defence 300 Total 62,500