§ Mr. NellistTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what measures he proposes to introduce to replace industrial death grants following their abolition on 11 April 1988; when the standard rate of £52 for single parent and £78 for two parents, as applied to YTS fatalities was first introduced; how the level of those awards was varied throughout their lifetime; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Cope[holding answer 6 February 1989]: All payments made under the analogous industrial injuries scheme run by the Training Agency and its predecessors are exactly the same as those available to employed earners from the Department of Social Security's statutory industrial injuries' scheme. Under the statutory scheme industrial death grant payments were abolished on 11 April 1988. The rates of industrial death grant remained the same from the introduction of the statutory scheme in 620W 1948, until they were abolished. The question of any replacement of the death grant is for my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Social Security.