§ Mr. Onslowasked the Secretary of State for Employment what has been the total number of redundancy payments made in each quarterly period since the inception of the scheme; and what was the total sum involved in each such period.
§ Mr. GoldingThe table below relates to employees in respect of whom payments, including rebates to employers and direct payments, were made from the Redundancy Fund during the periods shown. Amounts are given to the nearest £1,000. Separate figures are not available for the first two quarters of 1966. The Redundancy Payments Act 1965 was effective from 6th December 1965.
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Quarter ending Number of employees paid Total amount paid to employees £ 31st December 1965 52,843 31st March 1966 … 10,458,000 30th June 1966 30th September 1966 … 32,948 6,868,000 31st December 1966 … 53,104 9,266,000 31st March 1967 … 61,476 11,720,000 30th June 1967 … 67,656 13,242,000 30th September 1967 … 55,669 12,078,000 31st December 1967 … 64,981 13,173,000
Quarter ending Number of employees paid Total amount paid to employees £ 31st March 1968 … 67,539 14,579,000 30th June 1968 … 66,452 15,334,000 30th September 1968 … 65,292 16,441,000 31st December 1968 … 65,208 15,483,000 31st March 1969 … 69,925 16,751,000 30th June 1969 … 62,447 15,632,000 30th September 1969 … 59,698 14,990,000 31st December 1969 … 58,694 14,513,000 31st March 1970 … 63,954 15,654,000 30th June 1970 … 75,415 19,792,000 30th September 1970 … 69,907 19,353,000 31st December 1970 … 66,287 17,742,000 31st March 1971 … 70,642 20,388,000 30th June 1971 … 102,142 27,967,000 30th September 1971 … 103,601 30,909,000 31st December 1971 … 93,921 29,009,000 31st March 1972 … 90,625 28,101,000 30th June 1972 … 77,610 24,230,000 30th September 1972 … 65,570 22,341,000 31st December 1972 … 63,315 22,842,000 31st March 1973 … 57,560 21,026,000 30th June 1973 … 47,103 17,618,000 30th September 1973 … 37,875 14,296,000 31st December 1973 … 34,381 13,631,000 31st March 1974 … 40,573 15,101,000 30th June 1974 … 42,610 16,341,000 30th September 1974 … 41,225 15,379,000 31st December 1974 … 57,753 26,739,000 31st March 1975 … 70,657 33,116,000 30th June 1975 … 76,973 36,585,000 30th September 1975 … 100,840 55,959,000 31st December 1975 … 91,745 52,624,000 31st March 1976 … 95,391 56,823,000 30th June 1976 … 89,391 53,653,000 30th September 1976 … 68,518 42,769,000 31st December 1976 … 60,428 35,917,000 31st March 1977 … 72,204 43,351,000
§ Mr. Onslowasked the Secretary of State for Employment what statistics his Department maintains relating to recipients of redundancy payments who are known to have sought other employment.
§ Mr. GoldingNone. Information on this point could not be obtained without disproporionate expense.