§ Mr. Rookerasked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the total number of persons joining the unemployment register in 1979; and how many of these received a redundancy payment.
§ Mr. Jim LesterI regret that information is not available on the number of different people who join the unemployment register in a year. Persons who register as unemployed are not asked whether they have received a statutory redundancy payment. However, in 1979 253,594 statutory payments were made.