§ Mr. Ron Daviesasked the Secretary of State for Energy if employees of the National Coal Board Tredegar engineering works have been entitled to redundancy payments from the redundant mineworkers payments scheme at any time since the introduction of the scheme.
§ Mr. David HuntThe Tredomen Engineering Ltd. establishment is not of the type, providing services ancillary to collieries, for which the redundant mineworkers payments scheme was designed.
§ Mr. Ron Daviesasked the Secretary of State for Energy why employees of the National Coal Board made redundant from the National Coal Board Tredegar workshops were entitled to redundant mineworkers payment scheme payments calculated to include their length of service at Tredomen engineering works as eligible service.
§ Mr. David HuntEntitlement to benefits under the redundant mineworkers payment scheme is governed by the terms of the relevant statutory instrument —currently SI 1986, No. 625. Eligible service is determined on the basis of total coal industry employment having regard to the requirements of article 2 of that order.