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Mr. Wigley
asked the Secretary of State for Employment what is his estimate of the cost to the taxpayer of an unemployed man with a wife and two children; and how this compares with the 1976 estimate by the Manpower Services Commission of between £ 320 and £ 360 per month.
Mr. Golding
Our estimate of the cost to the taxpayer of an unemployed man with a wife and two children at April 1978 is £ 320 per month.The MSC estimate of between £ 320 and £ 360 per month does not refer to 1976 but rather to October 1977 to December 1978.