§ Mr. NEWMANasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he has been able to form an estimate of the cost to the Exchequer that will be incurred to date of coming into force of the National Insurance Act on the 15th July, of lectures, leaflets, pamphlets, and handbooks given by or issued on behalf of the National Insurance Commissioners to the general public explanatory of the provisions contained in the Act?
§ Mr. MASTERMANIt is, of course, impossible to give an exact estimate, as the cost will be affected by arrangements that 715W are not yet completed; but £25,000 may be taken as a rough figure to cover the whole of the expenditure.