HC Deb 01 February 1972 vol 830 cc67-8W
73. Mr. Bruce-Gardyne

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what has been the total cost to public funds of supplementary benefits paid to strikers and their families, respectively, and also of payments made on resumption of work, in the industrial dispute at Chrysler, Linwood.

Mr. Dean

The amount paid up to 25th January was £19,655—wholly for strikers' dependants. The strike is still in progress.