§ Mr. FETHERSTONHAUGHasked the Postmaster-General the actual sum paid for services under the National Insurance Act for the first quarter to the postmasters at each of the following places: Irvinestown, Kesh, Belleek, county Fermanagh, and Crossmolina and Belmullet, county Mayo; will he state the number of insurance cards issued and the value of insurance cards sold at Irvinestown and Crossmolina, respectively; and, in addition to their other duties, are the postmasters at these places obliged to stamp the cards of the postmen and other employés of their respective post offices?
§ Mr. HERBERT SAMUELThe payments made for cards and the other figures asked for are given below:—
Office. Payment for Cards Issued in First Quarter. No. of Cards Issued in First Quarter. Value of Insurance Stamps Sold in First Quarter. Health. Unemploym't s. d. £ s. d. Irvinestown. 1 1½ 27 12 6 4½ Nil Crossmolina. 3 1½ 75 13 6 11½ Nil Kesh,Belleek and Belmullet 1s. in each case. The sub-postmasters are required to affix the stamps to the cards of insured persons employed at their offices, but the number of such persons does not exceed five in any of these offices. It must be clearly understood that the sums stated above are not the total remuneration payable to the sub-postmasters for the services under the National Insurance Act 45W during the first quarter. As I informed the hon. Member on the 6th instant, it has not yet been possible to fix a rate of payment for the work of stocking and selling insurance stamps.