§ Mr. HOGGEasked the Secretary to the Local Government Board whether he can state the amount of money spent from taxation on national health insurance, and employers' and employés contributions from the commencement to date?
§ Major ASTORApproximate statement, in round figures, of expenditure on national health insurance, including expenditure on all the benefits in cash and in kind and on administration (central and local) from the commencement of the Act up to 31st March, 1919:
— Moneys provided by Parliament. (a) Moneys from Contributions. (b) Total. £ £ £ England 29,200,000 51,800,000 81,000,000 Wales 2,100,000 3,700,000 5,800,000 Scotland 4,200,000 7,200,000 11,400,000 Ireland 2,300,000 2,300,000 4,600,000 Joint Committee working in all parts of the United Kingdom Kingdom 2,200,000 — 2,200,000 Total 40,000,000 65,000,000 105,000,000 (c) (c) Included in (a) above are sums amounting to approximately £2,380,000 which have been spent from moneys provided by Parliament for the extension of sanatorium benefit to dependants of insured persons under Section 17 of the National Insurance Act, 1911, and for the treatment of tuberculosis generally.
In addition to the above there are sums of £300,000 from the Exchequer and £66,000,000 from the contributions that have been placed in reserve and invested, under Section 4 of the National Health Insurance Act, 1918, and Section 56 of the National Insurance Act, 1911, respectively, to meet future liabilities.
(a) includes (i.) all expenditure from moneys provided by Parliament under Sections 3, 4, 16 (2, b), 46, 47, 48, 49, 53, and 81 (10) and (11) of the National Insurance Act, 1911, and Section 3 (2) of the National Insurance (Part I. Amendment) Act, 1915 (Sub-head G of the Vote for the Joint Committee, Sub- 1707W heads F, G, H, J and L, of the Votes for the several Insurance Commissions); (ii.) all the supplementary Grants under Sections 1 and 31 of the National Insurance Act, 1913, and Sections 2 and 4 of the National Health Insurance Act, 1918 (Sub-heads A to F of the National Health Insurance (Special Grants) Vote for the years 1912–13 and 1913–14. Sub-heads E, F and H to N, of the Vote for the Joint Committee and Sub-head K of the Vote for the several Insurance Commissions), and (iii.) the Central Administration (i.e., of the Joint Committee and the four Commissions' staffs, Sub-heads A to D of the Vote for the Joint Committee, Sub-heads A to E of the Votes for the several Insurance Commissions, and sundry sub-heads of the Votes for various other Government Departments, e.g., Office of Works, Stationery Office, Post Office, etc.)
(b) and (c) include expenditure from the joint contributions of employers and employed persons (of which it is estimated that 55 per cent. is paid by the employed persons), and such small amount of expenditure as can properly be considered to have been met from interest on investments.