§ 64. Mr. STEPHENasked the Minister of Health if he can state to the nearest available date the total amount paid by the employers, workpeople, and State, respectively, under the Widows', Orphans', and Old Age Contributory Pensions Act, 1925, and the total amount that has been paid out to beneficiaries to the same date?
§ Captain MARGESSONI have been asked to reply. The total amount paid under the Act from the commencement to 31st December, 1928, so far as concerns England and Wales, was approximately: £30,393,000 by employers, £29,050,000 by workpeople, and the total amount paid out to beneficiaries to the same date was approximately £32,048,000. The State contribution to the Treasury Pensions Account under Section 11 (3) of the Act for the whole of Great Britain is £4,000,000 per annum commencing with the financial year ended 31st March, 1927.
§ Mr. STEPHENIn view of the large surplus there is in this fund, will the hon. and gallant Member represent to the Minister of Health that there should be an amendment of the Acts to provide for the people who are not getting what they ought to get?