§ Mr. GUYasked the Minister of Health the number of married women, widows, and unmarried women who are contributing under the National Health Insurance Acts?
§ Mr. SHAKESPEAREThe number of women insured for Health Insurance purposes on 31st December, 1935, aged 16 to 65, is estimated at about 5½ millions, of whom approximately 4,300,000 were unmarried (including widows) and 1,200,000 were married women. Further subdivision of the statistics as between spinsters and widows is not available. These numbers include persons who were in a period of free insurance, but not those women who, having married and ceased employment, remained entitled to special benefits for a period of two years.