§ 32. Mr. Michael Morrisasked the Secretary of State for Energy how many coal miners were made redundant by the National Coal Board between 1964 and 1970, 1970 and 1974, 1974 and 1979, and 1979 and 1984, respectively.
§ Mr. Peter WalkerI understand from the National Coal Board that the number of redundancies among men on colliery books in these periods were as follows: 471W
Numbers 1964–65 to 1969–70 50,836 1970–71 to 1973–74 23,670 1974–75 to 1978–79 21,663 1979–80 to 1983–84 39,751
§ 33. Mr. Eggarasked the Secretary of State for Energy how many National Coal Board employees have applied for redundancy since the beginning of the present strike.
§ Mr. Giles ShawI understand from the National Coal Board that, since the beginning of the present partial strike, over 20,000 men have sought information on redundancy terms available under the redundant mineworkers payments scheme.