§ Mr. Woofasked the Secretary of State for Employment what were the numbers of persons receiving redundancy payments for 1975 and 1976, to the latest available date, respectively; and if he will list the average size of payments for each of the years.
§ Mr. GoldingThe numbers of employees in respect of whom rebates to employers or direct payments were made from the Redundancy Fund, and the average payments to the employees, were:
Period in which payments were made from the Fund Number of employees concerned (to nearest thousand) Average payment 1975 340,000 £524 1976 1976 1st January to 31st May 154,000 £599