§ Mr. Rookerasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will make a statement on the extent to which improvements to enhance job security, such as improved redundancy payment schemes, and sick pay schemes which are allowable outside the pay limits, have taken place since 1st August 1976.
§ Mr. Harold WalkerNo information on this is available. As I have previously568W South-West assisted area has received from the regional employment premium for each year that payments have been made; and how many employees were involved in each case.
§ Mr. GoldingThe estimated payments made in request of regional employment premium and the approximate number of employees involved in the South-West development area were:
explained, under the voluntary pay policy there is no general obligation on negotiators to report details of their settlements to my Department.