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Mr. Brotherton
asked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the total sum from public funds that has been paid in redundancy payments under the Redundancy Payments Act for each year since its inception; and whether he has any proposals to reduce this sum.
Mr. Jim Lester
The sums paid from the redundancy fund in rebates to employers and direct payments to employees in each year are as follows:
| Year | Cost to fund £000 | ||||
| 6 December 1965–31 December | |||||
| 1966 | … | … | … | … | 19,986 |
| 1967 | … | … | … | … | 37,721 |
| 1968 | … | … | … | … | 46,377 |
| 1969 | … | … | … | … | 38,579 |
| 1970 | … | … | … | … | 38,956 |
| 1971 | … | … | … | … | 57,106 |
| 1972 | … | … | … | … | 50,775 |
| 1973 | … | … | … | … | 34,520 |
| 1974 | … | … | … | … | 38,555 |
| 1975 | … | … | … | … | 94,131 |
| 1976 | … | … | … | … | 101,269 |
| 1977 | … | … | … | … | 87,904 |
| 1978 | … | … | … | … | 82,887 |