§ 26. Mr. Ashtonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many applications for social security benefit have been received since 1st January from single men on strike; and what percentage of these have been refused.
§ 34. Mr. Eadieasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he is now in a position to give the total sums paid out by his Department as a consequence of the coal miners' strike.
§ 76. Mr. Bruce-Gardyneasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the cost to public funds of supplementary benefits paid to those involved in the mining strike and their families, of tide-over payments after resumption of work and of administrative arrangements made for these payments.
§ Mr. DeanThe total cost from the beginning of the dispute to 15th February was £3,912,517. The administrative costs are not yet known.
§ 35. Mr. Bruce-Gardyneasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the total cost to public funds of supplementary benefits paid to those involved in the Chrysler strikes at Linwood and Bathgate, their families, and tide-over payments made after the return to work, plus the cost of administrative arrangements for his Department necessitated by these payments.
§ Mr. DeanDuring the dispute at Chrysler Linwood, £17 was paid to the strikers themselves and £60,248 for dependants. Up to 15th February a further £46,732 had been paid to strikers and their dependants following the resumption of work. The amount paid up to 15th February in the dispute at British Leyland, Bathgate, was £7 to strikers themselves and £26,297 for dependants. This dispute is still in progress. The administrative cost of paying supplementary benefit in these two disputes is not yet known.
§ 58. Mr. Harperasked the Secretary of of State for Social Services what is the total amount of social security benefit, from 1st January to the latest available 242W date, which has been paid to men on strike; and how much of this was paid to single men on strike.
§ Mr. DeanFrom 1st January, 1972, to 15th February, 1972, the total amount paid out during the larger disputes was £4,017,902. Of this amount, £91,447 was paid to single strikers.