§ 6. Mr. Beswickasked the Minister of National Insurance the total cost in a full year of the most recent increases in health, unemployment and pension benefits under the National Insurance Scheme; and what will be the total annual amount resulting from the increased contributions.
§ Mr. PeakeThe Government Actuary has estimated that during the next 15 years the additional expenditure on benefits and pensions under the recent Bill will range from £59 million to £95 million and the additional contributions payable by insured contributors and employers will vary between £61 and £58 million.
§ Mr. BeswickAs the insured contributors are themselves paying for the increased pensions, could the Minister arrange for this information to go to the Central Office of the Conservative Party so that they can amend some of their more misleading propaganda?