§ Mr. JANNERasked the Minister of Health the estimated number of insured persons in England and Wales who, under the provisions of Section 3 (5, a) of the National Health Insurance Act, 1932, ceased to be entitled to health insurance cash benefits at 31st December, 1932, the estimated number of insured persons whose title to medical benefit terminated at 31st December, 1933, and the estimated numbers of both who resumed employment sufficient in duration to become re-entitled to medical benefit prior to 30th June, 1934?
Sir H. YOUNGThe number of insured persons in Great Britain who, under the provisions of Section 3 (5,a) of the National Health Insurance Act, 1924, as amended by the Act of 1932, ceased to be 850W entitled to cash benefits on 31st December, 1932, was estimated to be about 80,000, the corresponding figure for England and Wales being about 65,000. For information as to the number of persons whose title to medical benefit ceased on 31st December, 1933, I would refer the hon. Member to the reply which I gave to the hon. Member for Flintshire (Mr. Llewellyn-Jones) on 22nd November, 1934. The number of persons who were notified as having ceased to be entitled to medical benefit on 31st December, 1933, and have already been notified as having again become entitled to the benefit is about 7,000 in England and 500 in Wales.