§ 59. Sir D. Walker-Smithasked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity whether she has noted the observations of Mr. J. Shaw, chairman of a tribunal under Section 9 of the Redundancy Payments Act 1965, that Mrs. Jean May of Edinburgh Crescent, Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire, was deprived of her entitlement to a further redundancy payment by the failure of officials at the employment exchange at Scotland Green to put in her application in due time; and what steps she intends to take to make redress to Mrs. May.
§ Mr. HattersleyI have noted the observations of the tribunal and my Department is urgently investigating the question of making redress.
ESTIMATED NUMBERS OF EMPLOYEES (EMPLOYED AND UNEMPLOYED AT MID-1966 IN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES (ORDERS III TO XVI OF THE STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION), CATERING, HOTELS, ETC. (MINIMUM LIST HEADING 884) AS A PERCENTAGE OF ALL EMPLOYEES (EMPLOYED AND UNEMPLOYED) AT MID-1966; TOTAL REGISTERED UNEMPLOYED AT APRIL, 1968 AS A PERCENTAGE OF ALL EMPLOYEES (EMPLOYED AND UNEMPLOYED) AT MID-1966. Percentage of employees in all industries and services Manufacturing mid-1966 Catering Hotels, etc., mid-1966 Total of registered registered unemployed April, 1968 Areas listed in Schedule 17 in the Finance Act 1968 in: Northern Development Area … 20 6 3.6 Scottish Development Area … 15 6 5.5 Welsh Development Area … 14* 7* 4.4* South-Western Development Area … 15 9 5.4 Other Areas: Tranent and North Berwick† … 7 9 3.4‡ Haddington and Dunbar† … 27 3 2.2 Notes: * The figures given for the Welsh Development Area exclude Conway since separate employment estimates are not available for that area. † Separate employment estimates are not available for Dunbar, and therefore percentages cannot be given for Tranent, North Berwick and Dunbar put together. ‡ Separate percentage rates of unemployment are not calculated for Haddington and Dunbar, and this percentage includes Musselburgh.