§ Mr. Martenasked the Secretary of State for Employment how much has been paid out from public funds in the last 12 months for all unemployment benefits, including redundancy payments.
§ Mr. BryanDuring the 12 months ended 30th June, 1971, the amount paid out from public funds was £293,964,228. In the same period a total of £45,428,000 was paid from the redundancy fund, which is financed entirely by employers' contributions.
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§ Mr. Goldingasked the Secretary of State for Employment how much has been paid out in unemployment benefit in each month since June, 1970.
§ Mr. BryanFigures are not available in monthly form for the period January to March, 1971, because of the introduction of decimal currency on 15th February, 1971. Subject to this qualification, the amount paid out in unemployment benefit in each month since June, 1970, is as follows:
1970 June £10,175,201 0 7 July £12,051,699 2 2 August £10,484,862 13 8 September £10,836,739 16 4 October £13,057,922 13 7 November £11,050,881 3 9 December £13,092,820 15 11 1971 January to 14th February £20,811,157 17 2 15th February to March £22,844,145.1 April £17,749,547.6 May £14,553,207.5 June £14,442,973.8