§ Mr. Harold Walkerasked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) what is the current surplus in the redundancy payments fund; how this compares with the surplus for each year since the fund's inception; and what he estimates will be the level of the surplus in the next accounting year;
(2) if outgoings from the redundancy payments fund are treated as public expenditure;
(3) when he proposes to lay the order to increase the redundancy payment rebate to employers.
§ Mr. Jim LesterI will reply to the right hon. Member as soon as possible.