§ Mr. Skinnerasked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the cost to public funds of the studies carried out by the accountants Arthur Young McClelland Moore on (a) taxation of the unemployed and (b) the introduction of a computer count of the unemployed.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkThe cost to public funds of the study carried out by Arthur Young McClelland Moore into the introduction of a computer count of the unemployed is estimated at £40,000.
The study on the taxation of the unemployed is a matter for my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer.