Redundancy Payments

HC Deb 14 July 1976 vol 915 cc177-8W

Mr. Donald Stewart

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how much has been paid out in redundancy pay in each of the last five years.

Mr. Golding

Rebate and direct payments from the Redundancy Fund for the years shown gave rise to payments to employees estimated at approximately:

Year	…	…	£
1971	…	…	108,273,000
1972	…	…	97,513,000
1973	…	…	66,573,000
1974	…	…	73,560,000
1975	…	…	178,284,000

Mr. Donald Stewart

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how much has been paid out in redundancy pay in 1976 to date.

Mr. Golding

Rebate and direct payments from the Redundancy Fund for the period shown gave rise to payments to employees estimated at approximately 1st January 1976–31st May 1976, £92,269,000.