HC Deb 30 November 2000 vol 357 cc860-1W
Mr. Wigley

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what percentage of the compensation package for sick miners the Compensation Recovery Unit expects to(a) deduct and (b) retain. [140448]

Mr. Bayley

The amount recovered is in respect of benefits already paid to the miners in consequence of their illness and is recovered direct from the Department of Trade and Industry not from the miners themselves. At present, this stands at £14,868,340.07.