§ Sir A. YEOasked the Minister of Health why he requires facts and figures for measuring the amounts of the Exchequer Grants payable to insurance practitioners who are medical officers of approved institutions which he does not require from other insurance practitioners?
§ Dr. ADDISONNo such requirement is being made as is suggested in the question. The medical officers of approved institutions are not themselves under any contract with the insurance authorities but with the institutions by whom they are employed; no direct payment can, therefore, be made to them from Exchequer funds. The information needed to substantiate the claims of these institutions is strictly analogous to that needed in the case of insurance practitioners. I am sending my hon. Friend a copy of two letters addressed to the Friendly Societies Medical Alliance on the subject which can, I think, leave no doubt as to the particulars which are required or as to the necessity for such figures being furnished.