§ Mrs. Clwydasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he intends publishing data obtained by his Department on the post-redundancy experiences of Shotton steelworkers.
§ Mr. ButcherI do not intend to publish individual records provided in confidence. The only aggregate data held in the Department of Trade and Industry concerns total payments made to redundant Shotton steelworkers according to the different categories of benefit provided under the iron and steel employees' readaptation benefits scheme. This information is available and is set out below. Bearing in mind that many of the 7,977 recipients have received more than one category of benefit during their76W period of entitlement, I think that this information should be treated with caution as a guide to post-redundancy experiences.
£ Early Pensions 4,344,110 Make-up of earnings in new employment 5,448,048 Scheme unemployment benefit 13,439,437 Training support 5,219,491