§ Mr. Ron Daviesasked the Secretary of State for Energy by what amount the redundancy payments for National Coal Board employees at the Tredomen engineering works fall short of that amount payable to National Coal Board employees eligible for payments from the redundant mineworkes pension scheme during the first, second and third years of their redundancy, assuming in each case an employee aged 55 years with 30 years unbroken service.
§ Mr. Giles ShawA person made redundant at Tredomen Engineering Ltd. would not be eligible for payments under the RMPS. He would receive payments under the Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978. Any other payments would be a matter for the management of the company to settle with the appropriate trades unions and I am not, therefore, in a position to make the comparison requested.
§ Mr. Ron Daviesasked the Secretary of State for Energy (1) what percentage of work undertaken at the National Coal Board engineering works, Tredomen, was undertaken for the National Coal Board during the years 1975 to date;
(2) what is the difference in the pension contributions paid by National Coal Board employees at the Tredomen engineering works compared to other National Coal Board employees.
§ Mr. Giles ShawThese are matters for the National Coal Board. I have asked the chairman of the board to write to the hon. Member.