§ 42. Mr. GINNELLasked the Secretary to the Treasury if he will state, as nearly as can be ascertained, the total cost of bringing the National Insurance Act into operation and working it to the 31st March, 1914; and the number of officials of all grades, with their aggregate annual 1340 salaries as now fixed, engaged in connection with national insurance in England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales, respectively?
§ The FINANCIAL SECRETARY to the TREASURY (Mr. Montagu)The information asked for in the question is, so far as it is available, contained in the Appropriation Accounts for 1912–13 and the Estimates for the current year, and for 1914–15, which have been presented to Parliament.