CONTRIBUTORY PENSIONS ACT. (Hansard, 8 November 1928)

§ Colonel ENGLAND
asked the Minister of Health the total number of men and women, respectively, over 65 years of age at 1st January, 1928, who have received the old age pension under the 1925 Act up to the latest available date?

Mr. CHAMBERLAIN
The figures for England and Wales up to the 5th instant are 309,436 men and 142,571 women. 223W These figures do not include pensions at 70 receivable without means restriction by virtue of the Act, of which 231,450 have been awarded.

Mr. ROBINSON
asked the Minister of Health what is the amount of contributions paid by employés and employers under the Widows', Orphans', and Old Age Contributory Pensions Act to the last convenient date in respect of health insurance and pensions, respectively; what sum has been disbursed in sick and/or disablement benefit and in pensions to the same date since 4th January, 1926; and what sum has been disbursed for old age pensions under the Acts, 1908 to 1924, and the Blind Persons Act in the same period for pensions to the blind and aged?

Mr. CHAMBERLAIN
So far as the question concerns health insurance and

England and Wales.

General Poor Law Institutions administered under the Poor Law Institutions Order, 1913.*

Year ended 31st March— Average daily number of inmates. Average weekly cost per inmate of "In-maintenance."† Total expenditure in connection with general Poor Law Institutions.

s. d. £

1914 … … … … Particulars comparable with those for later years are not available.

1918 … … … … Particulars comparable with those for later years are not available.

1919 … … … … 110,607 10 5¼ 5,769,335

1920 … … … … 109,392 12 3¼ 7,251,563

1921 … … … … 117,027 14 2¼ 9,388,891

1922 … … … … 127,467 12 3¾ Not available.

1923 … … … … 131,862 9 9½ 7,889,037

1924 … … … … 132,967 9 6½ 7,752,006

1925 … … … … 131,899 9 10½ 8,140,699

1926 … … … … 134,418 9 11¾ 8,469,749

1927 … … … … 139,261 10 3¼ 8,783,769

* Including a few specialised Institutions for which separate accounts are not kept.

†In-maintenanee includes all the expenses incurred in and about the maintenance and treatment of persons in receipt of relief in General Poor Law Institutions, e.g, the cost of food, clothing, medicine, necessary expenses incurred in warming, cleansing and lighting the institutions and otherwise keeping them fit for daily use. It excludes the cost of buildings and repairs thereto, and furniture, and the salaries and other remuneration, rations and superannuation allowances of officers and servants.

England and Wales.
General Poor Law Institutions administered under the Poor Law Institutions Order, 1913.*
Year ended 31st March—	Average daily number of inmates.	Average weekly cost per inmate of "In-maintenance."†	Total expenditure in connection with general Poor Law Institutions.
						s.	d.	£
1914	…	…	…	…	Particulars comparable with those for later years are not available.
1918	…	…	…	…	Particulars comparable with those for later years are not available.
1919	…	…	…	…	110,607	10	5¼	5,769,335
1920	…	…	…	…	109,392	12	3¼	7,251,563
1921	…	…	…	…	117,027	14	2¼	9,388,891
1922	…	…	…	…	127,467	12	3¾	Not available.
1923	…	…	…	…	131,862	9	9½	7,889,037
1924	…	…	…	…	132,967	9	6½	7,752,006
1925	…	…	…	…	131,899	9	10½	8,140,699
1926	…	…	…	…	134,418	9	11¾	8,469,749
1927	…	…	…	…	139,261	10	3¼	8,783,769
* Including a few specialised Institutions for which separate accounts are not kept.
†In-maintenanee includes all the expenses incurred in and about the maintenance and treatment of persons in receipt of relief in General Poor Law Institutions, e.g, the cost of food, clothing, medicine, necessary expenses incurred in warming, cleansing and lighting the institutions and otherwise keeping them fit for daily use. It excludes the cost of buildings and repairs thereto, and furniture, and the salaries and other remuneration, rations and superannuation allowances of officers and servants.