§ Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the total cost in each of 1974, 1975 and 1976 of redundancy payments; and what percentage increase on the previous year each total represents.
§ Mr. GoldingThe following information relates to employees in respect of whom payments —including rebates paid to employers and payments direct to employees—were made from the Redundancy Fund during the periods shown:
Year Total amount paid to employees £ Percentage increase over previous year 1974 … … 73,560,000 10.5 1975 … … 178,284,000 142.4 1976 … … 189,162,000 6.1