§ Mr. WORTHINGTON EVANSasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many societies or separate sections without branches have been approved, how many societies or separate sections with branches have been approved, and, in the latter cases, how many branches, under Section 23 of the National Insurance Act?
§ Mr. MASTERMANTwo thousand five hundred and throe societies without branches and fifty-nine societies with branches have been approved. The number of branches is 20,846. No separate section is approved with branches for the purposes of the National Insurance Act.
Mr. WORTHINGTON-EVANSasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many societies have been approved in accordance with Section 25 of the National Insurance Act?
§ Mr. MASTERMANSeventy societies have been approved under the provisions of Section 25 of the National Insurance Act. A considerable number of employers are proposing to guarantee the solvency of societies already approved under the ordinary provisions of the Act, and it is anticipated therefore that these numbers will be substantially increased.