§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many cases in each of the last four years were processed through the redundancy payments service in situations of enterprise solvency in each region and county and for the United Kingdom as a whole.
§ Mr. McLoughlinThe number of claims processed by the redundancy payments service in Great Britain for the last four complete financial years was:
Claims 1991–92 305,574 1990–91 189,185 1989–90 110,132 1988–89 100,934 Information on a regional or county basis is not available. Separate arrangements apply in Northern Ireland.
§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is the current average processing time of redundancy payment claims; what was the time in the circumstances of the insolvency of enterprises in each of the last four years; and in how many cases the delay in claim exceeded 12 weeks.
£ million 1991–92 1990–91 1989–90 1988–89 Payments To employees, in respect of arrears of pay, holiday pay, compensation for pay in lieu of notice and certain other payments 148.0 75.9 33.1 29.7 To occupational pension schemes in respect of unpaid contributions 2.9 0.9 0.5 0.6 TOTAL PAYMENTS 150.9 76.8 33.6 30.3 Debt recovery Recovery of debts in insolvency 12.2 7.9 9.0 9.5 Note: Because of the delay between the making of payments and the eventual settlement of claims in the insolvency, the sums recovered do not correspond directly to the year in which payments were made.