§ Lord Graham of Edmontonasked Her Majesty's Government:
What is (a) the total of redundancy payments made to employees by their employers, or direct from the redundancy fund, under the terms of the Employment Protection Act and (b) the amounts paid from the redundancy fund in rebates to employers and direct payments to employees for each year from 1974–1984.
§ Lord Young of GraffhamThe information is as follows:
Total No. of payments Amount paid from the fund(£'000) 1974 182,161 38,555 1975 340,215 94,131 1976 313,728 101,268 1977 267,233 87,903 1978 255,484 82,887 1979 254,627 101,072 1980 491,168 221,486 1981 809,639 415,671 1982 634,818 370,193 1983 608,490 397,628 1984 425,178 300,059