HC Deb 18 April 1983 vol 41 c51W
Mr. Mason

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the annual loss to the Exchequer in lost revenue and national insurance payments because of the unemployed in south Yorkshire and the Barnsley travel-to-work area.

Sir Geoffrey Howe

There is no basis on which to estimate what public revenue would be if there were no unemployment in south Yorkshire and the Barnsley travel-to-work areas.

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