§ Sir A. WILSONasked the Minister of Health what is the ratio of administrative expenses to revenue for old age pensions and national health insurance, respectively, for the last three financial years?
§ Sir K. WOODThe cost of administering the contributory pensions scheme in 1932, 1933 and 1934 represented 5.6, 5.4 and 5.4 per cent. respectively of the contribution revenue of those years. It is not possible to furnish figures for old age pensions as distinct from other benefits of the scheme. In the case of national health insurance in the same years the proportion of the total cost of administration by Approved Societies, Insurance Committees and Central Government Departments, to the contribution revenue, was 22.3, 22 and 21.1 per cent. respectively.