§ Captain P. Macdonaldasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what are the sums
Provision made in Civil Estimates 1940–1943, for certain groups of services. 1940. 1941. 1942. 1943. £000 £000 £000 £000 Unemployment Insurance and Assistance 53,730 43,530 35,170 33,455 Education, including Teachers' Pensions 61,759 64,445 67,797 70,253 Housing Subsidies 18,775 18,781 18,443 18,528 National Health Insurance and Grants to certain Health Services 7,571 8,186 9,874 10,328 Old Age and Contributory Pensions, including Supplementary Pensions 88,020 105,591 112,535 120,755 The above table does not include a number of miscellaneous items specifically related to the war and financed from the Vote of Credit, such as the national milk scheme, evacuation of mothers and children, allowances to patients suffering from tuberculosis, day nurseries for the children of munition workers, etc.