§ Mr. B. SMITHasked the Minister of Health the number of persons insured under the Health Insurance Acts and the number of children under 14 years of such insured persons?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINThe number of persons insured under the National Health Insurance Acts in Great Britain on 31st December, 1926 (including persons over 70 years of age), was approximately 16,265,000, made up of 11,024,000 men and 5,241,000 women. I have no information as to the number of children under 14 years of insured persons.
§ Mr. B. SMITHasked the Minister of Health the number of persons over 60 and over 65, respectively, who are insured under the Health Insurance Acts; and the numbers of such categories who are employed in the mining industry, the 231W shipbuilding industry, and the iron and steel trades?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINAt the date of the last valuation of approved societies, the number of insured members of such societies in Great Britain who were 60 years of age or over, was as follows:
Age. Men. Women. Total. 60 to 64 … 437,000 95,000 532,000 65 to 69 … 283,000 54,000 337,000 70 and over … 230,000 40,000 270,000 Total … 950,000 189,000 1,139,000 Figures are not available for any later date, and I have no information as to the distribution of the numbers between the several industries.