§ Mr. Greville Jannerasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many redundancy payments have been made under the Redundancy Payments Act 1965 and the Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978 in each calendar year since 1966 for which figures are available; and what was the total amount of such payments in each year.
§ Mr. Jim LesterFollowing is the information.
Number of payments Total received by employees £ millions 1967 249,782 50.2 1968 264,491 61.8 1969 250,764 61.8 1970 275,563 72.5 1971 370,306 108.3 1972 297,120 97.5 1973 176,919 66.6 1974 182,161 73.6 1975 340,215 178.3 1977 267,233 165.4 1978 255,484 184.3 1979 253,594 221.7