§ Lieut.-Colonel CROFTasked the Lord Privy Seal what is the total cost of the National Health Insurance Act since its inception; and what have been the amounts paid for administration and in benefits, respectively?
§ Mr. BONAR LAWThe total cost of National Health Insurance from its inception to 31st December, 1919, was (as respects England and Wales) in round figures, £162,000,000, namely:—
£ Contributions of employers and employed 119,000,000 Exchequer grants 43,000,000 The amounts paid for administration and benefits were £21,000,000 and £84,000,000, respectively.
For Ireland the total cost was, in round figures, £7,700,000, namely:—
£ Contributions of employers and employed 5,200,000 Exchequer grants 2,500,000. The amounts paid for administration and benefits were £1,500,000 and £3,700,000, respectively.
I have not yet received the figures for Scotland.