HC Deb 25 February 1985 vol 74 c71W
Mr. Meacher

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the total amount of redundancy money so far paid out by district health authorities to staff in catering, cleaning and laundry services whose work has been taken over by private contractors.

Mr. Kenneth Clarke

We have not collected centrally information about redundancy payments made by health authorities since March 1981, when responsibility for recovering redundancy rebates from the Department of Employment was devolved to health authorities.