§ Mr. Gouldasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the total of payments made under the statutory redundancy payments scheme since the beginning of 1979; and if he will estimate the additional amount of non-statutory payments over the same period.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonThe total amount of statutory redundancy payments made in the period January 1979 to448W December 1983 was £3.3 billion. No information is available centrally on amounts paid in excess of the statutory minimum, which is a matter for individual employers.