Written question asked by Lord Wills (Labour) on Tuesday, 28 April 1998, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 5 May 1998. It was answered by Ian McCartney (Labour) on Tuesday, 5 May 1998 on behalf of the Department of Trade and Industry.

Dept of Trade and Industry

Question: To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what factors underlay each of the 18 ex-gratia payments made by her Department under the Employment Rights Act 1996.

Answer: Mr. Wills: To ask the President of the Board of Trade what factors underlay each of the 18 ex-gratia payments made by her Department under the Employment Rights Act 1996. [40419] Mr. Ian McCartney: Of the eighteen ex gratia payments made under the Employment Rights Act 1996, eight were made to compensate for service delay beyond the Redundancy Payments Service's Charter service standards. The remaining ten payments were made to compensate redundant fishermen who lost their entitlement to take claims to an industrial tribunal as a result of misdirection by officials in the 1970s.

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