§ Mr. Marlowasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what proportion of benefit over payments arising from the Civil Service strike he expects to recover.
§ Mrs. ChalkerI am unable to make any such estimate. However, as I explained in my reply to my hon. Friend on 9 April—[Vol. 2, c.337]—our procedures during the present industrial action are designed to restrict the possibility of overpayment to a small proportion of the total number of cases.