HC Deb 27 November 1980 vol 994 cc151-2W
Mrs. Renée Short

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how much money has been paid out in redundancy payments for each month since May 1979 to redundant employees in (a) Wolverhampton, (b) the West Midlands and (c) Great Britain as a whole.

Mr. Jim Lester

[pursuant to his reply, 25 November 1980]: Information is not available for Wolverhampton or the West Midlands. The total amount paid in statutory redundancy payments in the Midlands region and Great Britain in the period requested was as follows:

Midlands
1979–80 £ million
May 4.0
June 3.6
July 3.0
August 3.4
September 2.3
October 3.9
November 4.8
December 2.9
1980
January 4.0
February 5.0
March 5.2
April 6.0
May 5.1
June 7.8
July 7.0
August 6.2
September 9.1

Great Britain
1979–80 £ million
May 19.5
June 21.9
July 15.8
August 19.8
September 15.7
October 22.6
November 24.3
December 18.1
1980
January 21.3
February 27.1
March 28.6
April 27.2
May 39.2
June 35.6

1979–80 £ million
July 38.0
August 41.8
September 49.3