§ 48. Mr. SMEDLEY CROOKEasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the total amount contributed by employers 1907 and employés during the last financial year to the cost of the following national social services: health insurance, widows' and orphans' and old age pensions, and unemployment; and what was expended by the Exchequer during the same period, exclusive of the amount
| Service. | Total amount contributed by employers and employés. | Exchequer Contributions.* | Period. |
| £000 | £000 | Year ended— | |
| National Health Insurance | 26,325 | 7,573 | 31st December, 1927. |
| Widows' Orphans' and Old Age Contributory Pensions. | 23,254 | 4,000 | 31st March, 1928. |
| Non-Contributory Old Age Pensions | — | 32,830† | 31st March, 1928. |
| Unemployment Insurance | 31,050 | 12,020 | 31st March, 1928. |
| *Exclusive of Exchequer Loans to the Unemployment Fund, and of the contributions made by the Government as Employer in respect of State employés, which are included in the previous column. | |||
| †This includes payments for old age pensions payable at 70 without means qualification under the Act of 1925 and pensions payable under the Blind Persons Act of 1920. |