§ Mr. Bruce-Gardyneasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the 202W total cost to public funds of supplementary benefits paid to the families of employees involved in industrial disputes, and of administrative arrangements associated with such payments, in the first six months of 1970 and of each of the six preceding years.
§ Mr. DeanSupplementary benefit payments made during trade disputes to strikers' families in the first six months of the year are as follows:
Year £ 1970 560,943 1969 259,802 1968 189,299 1967 50,600 1966 83,058 1965 40,265 1964 38,144 I regret that the information asked for on administrative costs is not available.
§ Mr. Bruce-Gardyneasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how much has been paid during disputes to strikers' dependants, and how much to strikers themselves on an urgent need basis, in national assistance/supplementary benefit, for each year since 1951.
§ Mr. DeanFollowing is the information requested:
Year Strikers' dependants Strikers £ £ 1951 37,524 Not available 1952 30,493 127 1953 10,896 141 1954 55,511 93 1955 153,466 2,114 1956 25,381 85 1957 121,718 445 1958 80,002 263 1959 65,959 1,093 1960 75,326 463 1961 90,366 1,001 1962 52,511 316 1963 26,876 147 1964 49,413 602 1965 65,763 173 1966 126,134 1,454 1967 375,330 1,770 1968 333,722 749 1969 747,141 1,401