§ Mrs. BeckettTo ask the President of the Board of Trade what is his Department's estimate of the total cost in terms of(a) compensation, (b) grants and (c) loss of productive capacity arising from the effects of the Chernobyl incident. [13286]
§ Mr. Lang[holding answer 2 February 1996]A number of countries were affected by radioactive fallout from the Chernobyl accident. My Department has no sound basis for estimating the total cost of compensation and grants paid and the loss of productive capacity in all of those countries. As far as the United Kingdom is concerned, compensation amounting to £12,085,311 had been paid to farmers up to 31 December 1995.