§ Mr. HAYDAYasked the Minister of Health how many insured persons have lost health insurance credit by reason of defaulting employers; in how many cases have proceedings been taken by the Department against employers; and whether 1170W loss of credit, in these circumstances, is followed by loss of benefit to the insured person?
§ Mr. GREENWOODThe information asked for in the first part of the question is not available. The number of cases in which legal proceedings for non-payment of health insurance contributions were taken against employers in England and Wales in 1930 was 1,087, and in the great majority of these, although I cannot give the exact number, the contributions were recovered and duly credited to the insured persons. Loss of credit, where it occurs, does not necessarily result in loss of benefit to the insured person, and in any event an insured person who has lost health insurance benefit through his employer's non-compliance is entitled under Section 98 of the National Health Insurance Act, 1924, to recover from him the amount lost.