§ Mr. Brothertonasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the total sum from public funds that has been paid in redundancy payments under the Redundancy Payments Act for each year since its inception; and whether he has any proposals to reduce this sum.
§ Mr. Jim LesterThe sums paid from the redundancy fund in rebates to employers and direct payments to employees in each year are as follows:
Year Cost to fund £000 6 December 1965–31 December 1966 … … … … 19,986 1967 … … … … 37,721 1968 … … … … 46,377 1969 … … … … 38,579 1970 … … … … 38,956 1971 … … … … 57,106 1972 … … … … 50,775 1973 … … … … 34,520 1974 … … … … 38,555 1975 … … … … 94,131 1976 … … … … 101,269 1977 … … … … 87,904 1978 … … … … 82,887 I have no proposals in mind to reduce the level of payments from the fund.