§ Mr. Parkasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the current state of the redundancy fund; and how this compares with the position since 1974.
§ Mr. Jim LesterAt the end of June 1980 the fund was in surplus in the sum of £1369 million. The corresponding figure for each of the last six years was:
£ June 74 17.4m June 75 6.4m June 76 7.6m June 77 132m June 78 51.8m June 79 103.0m