Redundancy Payments (Scotland)

HC Deb 25 March 1968 vol 761 c184W

Mr. William Hamilton

asked the Minister of Labour what was the total amount paid out in Scotland in redundancy payments from the inception of the Act to date; and how many workers it covered

Mr. Hattersley

Between 6th December, 1965, when the Redundancy Payments Act came into operation and 29th February,1968, £8,381,000 was paid in Scotland under the Act to some 44,500 redundant workers. Of this sum £2,021,000 was paid by individual employers and £6,360,000 from the Redundancy Fund.