§ Mr. Chichester-Clarkasked the Secretary of State for Employment whether he will give, for each year since the passing
(1) Payments other than Column (2) (2) Payments direct from the Redundancy Fund Numbers £ Numbers £ 1970 … … … 34,300 5,691,700 8,100 1,686,800 1969 July-December … … … 33,600 5,156,800 2,700 519,700 January-June … … … Not available 1968 … … … 31,100 4,532,200* Not available 1967 … … … 31,400 4,268,700* Not available 1966 … … … 17,000 2,049,800* Not available * Estimated. To end-1968 numbers of payments, but not amounts, were analysed by industry. No separate industry analysis of numbers or amounts of direct payments is available for the period before July, 1969.