HC Deb 17 January 1994 vol 235 c369W
Mr. Ingram

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 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. David Davis

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.