HC Deb 23 June 1976 vol 913 cc544-5W
Mr. Lawson

asked the Secretary of State for Industry what has been the total increase in his Department's expenditure incurred as a result of the Government decision, effective as from 1st April 1975, to require contractors for cleaning Government buildings to pay wages comparable with those paid for similar work by local authorities.

Mr. Les Huckfield

It is not possible separately to distinguish increased expenditure, which might have arisen from the requirement for contractors to pay wages comparable with those paid for similar work by local authorities, from increases arising from other causes.