§ Mr. Tony Banksasked the Paymaster General if former Greater London council staff made redundant as a result of the abolition of the council on 31 March will be able to claim unemployment benefit even if they are not provided with redundancy notices by the London Residuary Body on that date.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeThe absence of a redundancy notice will not prevent staff made redundant from claiming unemployment benefit. Any claims made will be decided by independent adjudicating authorities. Statutory redundancy payments do not affect entitlement to unemployment benefit but the authorities will have to consider, among other issues, whether or not any payments described as redundancy payments include wages in lieu of notice, since unemployment benefit cannot be paid in addition to wages.