§ Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Prime Minister what was the total cost of redundancy payments to (a) civil servants, (b) local government personnel, (c) people in nationalised industries and (d) people in private industries in 1978, 1979 and 1980; and what were the numbers of persons in each case.
§ The Prime MinisterIt is impossible to distinguish payments made under the statutory redundancy scheme in the public and private sectors. The only information available, therefore, is for civil servants and for the years 1978 and 1979. The estimated total cost of redundancy compensation payments to 1,196 redundant civil servants in 1978 was £6.5 million. In 1979 the cost for 954 redundancies is estimated at £3.1 million.