HC Deb 16 November 1967 vol 754 c192W
Sir W. Robson Brown

asked the Minister of Social Security what financial benefits a worker on official and unofficial strike, respectively, receives out of public funds, by way of supplementary benefit, repayment of Pay As You Earn tax and other means; and what are the conditions on which such payments are made.

Mrs. Hart

Persons involved in a trade dispute are not entitled to Supplementary Benefit for themselves (except in cases of urgent need), but benefit is payable for their dependants on the scales prescribed by the Ministry of Social Security Act. I understand that entitlement to P.A.Y.E. repayments is inherent in the P.A.Y.E. system and does not depend on the reason for the cessation of earnings.