HC Deb 09 July 1981 vol 8 c211W
Sir Brandon Rhys Williams

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is his latest estimate of the total cost of unemployment benefit, supplementary benefit to the unemployed and redundancy payments in 1981–82.

Mrs. Chalker

The latest estimates for 1981–82 are as follows:

£ million
Unemployment benefit 2,004
Supplementary benefit to the unemployed 1,900
Redundancy Fund payments 384