§ Miss Richardsonasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for each year since 1966 (a) the number of newly unemployed in receipt of a redundancy payment, (b) the percentage of all newly unemployed that number represents and (c) in current year prices, the average amount of redundancy payment received.
§ Mr. Jim Lester[pursuant to his reply, 15 April 1980, c. 437]: Persons who register as unemployed are not asked whether or not they are in receipt of a statutory redundancy payment. However, the numbers of statutory payments made, and the average amount paid, in each year since 1966, adjusted for subsequent movements in the retail price index up to January 1980 are as follows:
September 65—December 66 138,895 £781 1967 249,782 792 1968 264,491 881 1969 250,764 882 1970 275,563 883 1971 370,306 896 1972 297,120 939 1973 176,919 986 1974 181,161 913 1975 340,215 954 1976 313,728 942 1977 267,233 834 1978 255,484 897 1979 253,594 959