§ Mr. Craigenasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many redundancy payments were made each year under the Redundancy Payments Act 1965 to employees in Scotland since the Act came into operation.
§ Mr. John FraserI regret that the information requested is not available.
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§ Mrs. Ann Taylorasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many persons received redundancy payments during each year since 1966; what percentage these numbers were of the total made redundant in each of these years, how much was spent on redundancy payments in each year; and what was the average payment per worker made redundant in each year.
§ Mr. John FraserThe following information relates to employees in respect of whom payments, including rebates to employers and guarantee payments, were made from the Redundancy Fund during the periods shown. It is not possible to give figures as a percentage of the total of those made redundant as this total is not known.
Number of employees concerned Total received by employees concerned Average payment received by each employee £ £ 6th December 1965 to 31st December 1966 138,895 26,592,000 192 1967 249,782 50,213,000 201 1968 264,491 61,837,000 234 1969 250,764 61,886,000 247 1970 275,563 72,541,000 263 1971 370,306 108,273,000 292 1972 297,120 97,513,000 328 1973 176,919 66,573,000 376 1974 182,161 73,560,000 404 1st January 1975 to 30th June 1975 147,630 69,700,000 472