§ 26. Mr. Swinglerasked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance how many persons are drawing allowances under the Workmen's Compensation and Benefit (Supplementation) Act, 1956; and how many of them reside in the Borough and Rural District of Newcastle-under-Lyme.
§ Mr. Boyd-CarpenterAt 31st October, 1957, the latest date for which information is available, about 8,650 allowances were in payment. The information asked4W estimated that in November, 1955, about 44,000 weekly grants in Wales included additions for special diet averaging 6s. 10d., and in November, 1956, 48,000 at an average of 6s. 11d. The similar information for 1957 is not yet available.
§ 28. Mr. Lewisasked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance if he will publish in HANSARD a table of figures giving the number of recipients of National Assistance, in the area covered by the Parliamentary constituency of Kelvingrove, for each of the months from October, 1951, until the latest convenient stated date.
§ Miss PittI am informed by the National Assistance Board that figures are not available for the Parliamentary constituency of Kelvingrove, but I am publishing below figures for the Board's area office which serves the whole of this constituency and part of another.
Following is the information:
for in the second part of the Question is not available.
§ 27. Mr. Swinglerasked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance what consideration is being given to improving the scale of allowances under the Workmen's Compensation and Benefit (Supplementation) Act, 1956.
§ Mr. Boyd-CarpenterI would refer the hon. Member to the reply which I gave to the hon. Member for East Ham, North (Mr. Prentice) last Monday.