§ Mr. Berryasked the Minister of National Insurance whether he will give an assurance that when the new National Insurance scheme comes into operation on 5th July, 1948, he will be prepared to make available to employers, who make up their employees statutory sickness benefit to full pay or a proportion of full pay, information as to the amount of statutory sickness benefit received by any such employees to enable their schemes to be properly and fairly administered.
§ Mr. SteeleIt would be contrary to practice to give 'information to third parties about benefit payments. I am, however, advised that employers should have no difficulty in getting direct from their employees any information they require for their own sick pay arrangements.