HC Deb 19 December 1944 vol 406 c1645W
Sir J. Mellor

asked the Minister of National Insurance what estimated total sum the taxpayer will have to provide over and above contributions from contributors as a result of the proposed death grant being given in respect of the existing population.

Sir W. Jowitt

The total, expressed in the only way in which it could usefully be expressed, namely, as a capital sum representing the present value, would be of the order of £150,000,000.