HC Deb 10 November 1970 vol 806 cc89-90W
Mr. Bruce-Gardyne

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the total cost to public funds of supplementary benefits paid to families of those involved in the GKN-Sankey industrial dispute, plus the administrative arrangements related thereto.

Mr. Dean

During the GKN-Sankey dispute supplementary benefit payments to the strikers' dependants totalled approximately £64,000. Supplementary benefit paid after the return to work totalled approximately £27,000. Administrative costs were about £6,600.