HC Deb 18 May 1972 vol 837 cc792-3

Queen's Recommendation having been signified—

Resolved, That, for the purposes of any Act of the present Session to amend the provisions of the National Insurance Act, 1965, the National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Act 1965, and the Industrial Injuries and Diseases (Old Cases) Act 1967 as to the rate or amount of benefit and contributions and otherwise make provision as to the subject matter of those Acts, it is expedient to authorise the undermentioned payments out of moneys provided by Parlia-ment—

  1. (1) Such additional payments on account of retirement pensions as result from raising to £4.05 and £2.50 the weekly rates of £3.60 and £2.20 fixed by the National Insurance Act 1971, or from raising the weekly rates of the increases (where payable) for children or adult dependants.
  2. (2) Such additional payments on account of attendance allowances as result—
    1. (a) from raising to £5.40 the weekly rate of £4.80 fixed by the National Insurance Act 1971; or
    2. (b) from relaxing the conditions for payment of attendance allowances in so far as these depend on the requirements to which the beneficiary is subject by reason of his disabilities; or
    3. (c) from the introduction for persons with less onerous requirements of attendance allowances payable at a weekly rate of £3.60.
  3. (3) In connection with the increase of contributions under section 3 (flat rate contributions) of the National Insurance Act 793 1965 or under section 2(1)(a) of the National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Act 1965, the payment of any resulting increase in the sums payable as aforesaid by way of Exchequer supplement under section 7 or, as the case may be, section 2(I)(b) of the Act.
  4. (4) The payment to the National Insurance Fund, in addition to the Exchequer supplements under the National Insurance Act 1965, in respect of each financial year after the year 1971–72 of the sum of £190 million, instead of the amounts required by section 1(5) of the National Insurance Act 1971.
  5. (5) Subject to the provision made by section 85 of the National Insurance Act 1965 for reimbursement out of the National Insurance Fund, or by section 61 of the National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Act 1965, for reimbursement out of the Industrial Injuries Fund, the payment of any increase attributable to the Act of the present Session in the expenses of the Secretary of State for Social Services or any other government department which are so payable under either of those sections (any reference in this paragraph to section 61 of the National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Act 1965 being taken to include that section as applied by section 13 of the Industrial Injuries and Diseases (Old Cases) Act 1967).
  6. (6) Such additional payments as may result from amendments of section 13 of the National Insurance Act 1971—
    1. (a) to extend the cases in which age addition is payable out of moneys provided by Parliament; or
    2. (b) to extend to expenses incurred by virtue of later enactments the expenses which under section 13(3) are not to be reimbursed out of the National Insurance Fund.—[Mr. Weatherill.]