§ Mr. Muddasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what, at current rates, is the loss of contribution over a 12-month period of 2,449 full-time male adult wage-earners rendered unemployed.
§ Mr. MeacherIf the earnings of those involved were on average the same as those of manual workers generally, the loss of contributions in respect of 1975–76, on the same assumptions as to increases in earnings as in the Government Actuary's Report on the Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 1975 [Cmnd. 6083], would be £1 million, including National Health Service and Redundancy Fund contributions but without taking270W account of the reduction in the Treasury Supplement.