§ Mr. Peter Bottomleyasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the loss of revenue in (a) income tax and (b) national insurance contributions, dividing the total between employers and employees, from persons made unemployed for each year since 1970.
§ Mr. Robert Sheldon,pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 23rd December 1976; Vol. 923, c. 310], circulated the following reply:
I regret that the information on which to base such estimates is not available.