§ Mr. ASTORasked the hon. Member for St. George's-in-the-East, as representing the Insurance Commissioners, whether he will give the names of the local authorities or insurance committee which have applied under Section 17 of the National Insurance Act for sanction for expenditure on sanatorium treatment of dependents?
§ Mr. W. BENNThe following insurance committees have applied, under Section 17 of the National Insurance Act, 1911, for contributions from the local authorities and the Exchequer towards the expenditure on sanatorium benefit where the benefit has been extended to dependents:—
Scotland—Counties: Ayr, Fife, Haddington, Lanark, Renfrew. Burghs: Arbroath, Clydebank, Coatbridge, Dunfermline, Inverness, Kilmarnock, Kirkcaldy, Rutherglen, Wishaw.
Ireland: Meath.
707WIn Wales, as the hon. Member is aware, the procedure has been modified by the provisions of Section 42 of the National Insurance Act, 1913. All Welsh insurance committees have, however, extended the benefit to dependents, and Grants from the Exchequer, equivalent in amount to corresponding contributions from the rates, have been made in respect of all areas except Pembrokeshire. In England, the method of procedure under the Hob-house Grant has been adopted in the place of procedure under Section 17 of the National Insurance Act, 1911.