§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how much has been spent on redundancy payments by the regional health authorities since March 1983.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeI refer the hon. Member to my reply to the hon. Member for Oldham, West (Mr. Meacher) on 10 November 1983 at column 250. Information on redundancies has not been collected centrally since 31 March 1981, when the claiming of redundancy rebates from the Department of Employment was devolved to health authorities.