§ 44. Sir JOHN SPEARasked the Secretary to the Treasury whether an insured person can claim sickness benefit from an approved society under the National Insurance Act for Sundays during a period of illness, as well as on other days, with the exception of a Sunday that may occur in the first three days of the illness?
§ The FINANCIAL SECRETARY to the TREASURY (Mr. Masterman)Sickness benefit under the National Insurance Act is payable at weekly rates. It depends on the rules of the particular society whether the benefit is administered on a seven or a six-days' basis. Most societies have adopted the latter basis, and pay one-sixth of the weekly rate for any day except Sunday, but a few pay one-seventh of the weekly rate for each day, including Sundays. In either case the same sum is paid for each week of sickness.