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Written question asked by Nigel Spearing (Labour), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 26 October 1992. It was answered by Alistair Burt (Conservative) on Monday, 26 October 1992 on behalf of the Department of Social Security.


Dept of Social Security

Question
If he will estimate the range of likely liability on the expenditure of Her Majesty's Government for unemployment and social security payments for the numbers of coal miners to be made redundant under the recent proposals, on the assumption that the median period of unemployment for those concerned is six months and a year, respectively, or on other assumptions; and what formula he adopts for calculations of liability for redundancies in similar productive occupations. - Inc ref to 212 c331W.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
212 c490W
Session
1992-93
Subjects
Closures Coal Expenditure Mining Redundancy Social security benefits Unemployment benefits
Contains statistics
Yes