HC Deb 08 November 1983 vol 48 c126W
28. Mr. Barron

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the average cost to public funds for each unemployed mineworker during the first and subsequent years of unemployment.

Mr. Alan Clark

Any attempt to estimate the cost to public funds of an unemployed mineworker would require a number of uncertain assumptions. The range of such assumptions is so great that no single realistic answer can be produced.

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