§ Miss Boothroydasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what would be the number of persons made redundant in the Civil Service if employers were made
Authority 1980—Resources element claimed Resources element paid Needs element paid Total needs and resources paid 1981–82 Block grant estimate Birmingham 30.47 28.97 156.83 185.80 164.82 Leeds 48.99 46.65 85.79 132.44 110.30 Sheffield 51.19 48.64 63.47 112.11 88.70 Liverpool 32.24 30.65 103.05 133.70 115.47 Manchester 23.55 22.39 102.46 124.85 110.00 Bradford 50.08 47.60 64.25 111.85 94.46 These figures exclude payments of domestic element in 1980–81 and the comparable domestic rate relief grant in 19817–82, both payable to domestic ratepayers as a reduction of 18.5p in the pound.
228Wresponsible for paying the first eight weeks of sickness benefit; and what would be the resulting redundancies if the period were four and six weeks respectively.
§ Mr. RossiI refer the hon. Member to my reply to her on 27 January [Vol. 997, c. 383]. It is also not anticipated that the proposals would cause any redundancies elsewhere in the Civil Service.