§ Mr. Greville Jannerasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many employers during each of the most recent 24 months for which records are available have been prosecuted under the Employment Protection Act 1975 for failing to notify him of intended redundancies; and with what results.
§ Mr. Waddington[pursuant to his reply, 17 March 1981]: No prosecutions have been brought against employers under the Employment Protection Act 1975 for failing to notify intended redundancies during the period requested.
Penalties are normally imposed by way of a reduction in the redundancy rebate to the employer from the redundancy fund. During the period requested the number of penalties was as follows:
1979 1980 January 15 5 February 12 6 March 11 11 April 17 9 May 10 2 June 19 10 July 10 8 August 10 2 September 9 1 October 11 12 November 11 4 December 7 3