HC Deb 17 January 1994 vol 235 cc357-8W
Mr. Ingram

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the impact of the changes to statutory sick pay provision upon his departmental budget for the financial year 1994–95.

Mr. Nelson

The abolition of the 80 per cent. statutory sick pay reimbursement rate will be offset, at least in part, by a reduction in employers' national insurance contributions. Any additional costs will be absorbed within the Department's existing running costs baseline.