§ Mr. GODFREY LOCKER-LAMPSONasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether any part of the additional million for the purpose' of National Health Insurance will be used for maternity benefit?
§ Mr. G. LOCKER-LAMPSONasked the hon. Member for St. George's-in-the-East what is the number of women who are entitled to maternity benefit under the National Insurance Act if they are con-lined?
Mr. BENNAll insured women and the wives of all insured men are entitled to maternity benefit under the National Insurance Act. The respective numbers of women of all ages are estimated to be 4,077,000 and 5,000,000.
§ Mr. G. LOCKER-LAMPSONasked the hon. Member for St. George's-in-the-East, as representing the Insurance Commissioners, whether any estimate can be given of the number of women, below the Income Tax limit themselves or whose husbands are below the Income Tax limit, who on confinement cannot get maternity benefit under the National Insurance Acts by reason of the fact that neither they nor their husbands are insured under those Acts?
Mr. BENNThe number of married women in the category mentioned in the question who are not entitled to maternity benefit because neither they nor their husbands are insured is estimated to be 456,000.