Mr. WORTHINGTON-EVANSasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the estimated amount of the State's commitment in respect of its subsidy under the National Insurance Bill and of the Old Age Pensions Act is for the year 1932, approximately, thirty millions sterling; and whether it is correctly estimated that the amount will increase when the insurance scheme is in full operation and the initial exclusions have ceased to operate, and when the increase in births during 1840–1880 has had its effect on the number of pensioners to about forty millions sterling per annum; and whether, if the correctness of these estimates is not admitted, he will publish such data and calculations as have been made by the Government actuaries so that the estimates may be further considered.
§ Mr. LLOYD GEORGEThe answer to all three parts of the hon. Member's question is in the negative.