§ 61. Mr. Spriggsasked the Secretary of State for Energy which individual industries are levied for the purpose of meeting claims for re-adaptation assistance for workers leaving opencast and deep coal mining and the steel indusry; and how the assistance is assessed in each case.
§ Mr. John MooreThe Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community provides for a levy to be imposed on the production of coal and steel, as defined in annex 1 of the Treaty, for the purpose of financing a number of activities covered by the Treaty. Amongst these activities is the provision of re-adaptation 289W aid under article 56 of the Treaty. The ECSC does not itself make payments of this aid to individuals, but contributes towards the costs of the various Government and industry schemes. The United Kingdom Government schemes are set out in S.I. 1978/415 as amended (for coal) and S.I. 954/79 as amended (for Steel). The former does not cover opencast operations.