HC Deb 19 March 1984 vol 56 cc313-4W
Mr. Neil Hamilton

asked the Secretary of State for Energy what has been the total cost to public funds of the redundant mineworkers payments scheme from its inception to the financial year 1983–84.

Mr. Giles Shaw

It is estimated that by the end of the financial year 1983–84 the total cost to public funds of the redundant mineworkers' payments scheme, from its inception in 1967, will have been some £480 million.

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