§ 43. Mr. W. Hamiltonasked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance how many applicants for National Assistance were required to appear before the area sub-committee of the National Assistance advisory committees during 1960 and 1961; and how many refused to do so.
§ Mr. Boyd-CarpenterI am informed by the National Assistance Board that precise figures are not available, but, at a rough estimate, the number of applicants requested to attend for interview before one of the 430 sub-committees in any one year might amount to about 12,000. The Board assures me that relatively few of those so invited fail to attend; when they do, it is usually because they have obtained employment.
§ 44. Mr. W. Hamiltonasked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance if he will state for the most recent avail able date the number of householders in England and Wales in receipt of a weekly allowance from the National Assistance Board; how many of these were local authority tenants; and whether he will give similar figures in respect of Scotland.
§ Mr. Boyd-CarpenterThe estimated figures for the end of 1961 are: in England and Wales, 1,297,000 householders including 434,000 local authority tenants; and in Scotland, 142,000 including 72,000 such tenants.