HC Deb 13 March 1969 vol 779 c358W
Mr. Bruce-Gardyne

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is his estimate for the purpose of calculating supplementary benefit of the net income, including strike pay and tax rebates, per week of a married man with three children employed by the Ford Motor Company and currently on strike; and what average supplementary benefits, including rent allowance, are payble.

Mr. Ennals

No record is kept of the average level of resources available to strikers in a particular dispute; nor are figures available showing payments of benefit made to different sizes of family. The average payment of supplementary benefit made for the dependants of men involved in the Ford dispute during the seven days ending 11th March (the first week during which payments were made) has been provisionally estimated at about £6 per family.

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