§ Mr. DobsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Energy how much the Government have paid out under the redundant mineworkers payment scheme in each year since its inception; what is the latest estimate for the current year; and what is his estimate for each year to 1993.
§ Mr. WakehamThe total payments under the RMPS between 1968–69 and 1988–89 were £2,309 million. The estimates provision for 1989–90 is for payments of £132.5 million. Payments are projected to fall steadily to reach less than £90 million per year in the early 1990s.