Privatisation

Mr. Alan Williams
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what has been the value of debt to Government written off in each privatisation.

Mr. Norman Lamont
The table shows, by privatisation, debt written off and the type of debt concerned. This includes both debt written off as part of the privatisation process and debt written off in a company which was subsequently privatised.--------------------------
|Taxable benefit         |
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|Industrial death benefit|
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|Retirement pension      |
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|Widow's benefit         |
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|Old person's pension    |
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|Invalid care allowance  |
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|Income support          |
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|Unemployment benefit    |
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|Statutory sick pay      |
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|Statutory maternity pay |
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n.a.-not available