§ Mr. Ron Daviesasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will estimate by county, the extra costs incurred in Wales by authorities discharging their statutory obligations under the Child Care Act 1980 and the Provision of Milk and Meals Regulations 1969 during the course of the current dispute in the mining industry.
§ Mr. Nicholas EdwardsNo. Information is not available centrally. Furthermore, the Provisions of Milk and Meals Regulations 1969 were repealed by the Education Act 1980.
§ Mr. Ron Daviesasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will estimate the extra costs incurred by district councils in Wales in pursuance of their obligations under the Social Security and Housing Benefits Acts 1982 as a result of the current dispute in the mining industry.
§ Mr. NewtonI have been asked to reply.
The information is not available.
Local authorities in claiming subsidies from this Department for their housing benefit costs are not required to estimate how much benefit will be received by strikers and their families.
The information is not therefore available now and will not become so even when subsidy claims for the period covered by the miners strike have been finalised.