§ Mr. Hannamasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what would be the net cost of paying invalidity allowance to all recipients of non-contributory invalidity pension on the same criteria as for recipients of contributory invalidity pension.
§ Mr. Alfred MorrisThe gross cost would be of the order of £15 million a year for men and single women. It is not possible to estimate the net cost.
§ Mr. Hannamasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what would be the net cost of paying invalidity allow- 916W National Health Service prescriptions issued by general practitioners for contraceptives, how many patients were provided with the various methods of contraception by National Health Service general practitioners in England and Wales during 1975 and 1976.
§ Mr. MoyleInformation is not available precisely in the form requested by my hon. Friend.
The numbers of patients in England and Wales in respect of whom payments were due to general medical practitioners for the provision of contraceptive services in the final quarter of each year were:
premises separately, in the years 1975 and 1976;
(2) how many family planning sessions, patient attendances and individual patients were recorded at National Health Service family planning clinics in England and Wales in 1975 and in 1976.
§ Mr. MoyleAs follows:
ances to all recipients of housewives' non-contributory invalidity pension on the same criteria as for those on contributory invalidity pension.
§ Mr. Alfred MorrisThe gross cost would not exceed £9 million. It is not possible to give a reliable estimate of the net cost, but on the basis of a gross cost of £9 million there could be savings of up to £1 million on supplementary benefit.