§ Mr. Craigenasked the Secretary of State for Employment further to his reply, Official Report, 16 January, c. 701, if he will provide an annual breakdown of the total number of employees who received payments and the cost to the redundancy fund, and the respective annual totals of male and female employees involved.
§ Mr. GoldingAn annual breakdown of the numbers of employees who received payments under the Redundancy Payments Act 1965 and the approximate cost to the redundancy fund in rebates to employers and direct payments to employees is given below.
Separate figures for male and female employees are not available.
Year Number of employees Cost to the fund £000 6th December 1965 to 31st December 1966 138,895 19,986 1967 249,782 37,721 1968 264,491 46,377 1969 250,764 38,579 1970 275,563 38,956 1971 370,306 57,106 1972 297,120 50,775 1973 176,919 34,520 1974 182,161 38,555 1975 340,215 94,131 1976 313,728 101,269 1977 267,234 87,904 1st January 1978 to 31st October 1978 216,746 69,261