HC Deb 18 October 1945 vol 414 cc1509-10W
Major J. Morrison

asked the Minister of National Insurance the maximum amount payable under the National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Bill to a single man and a man, wife and child or dependant, respectively, for temporary complete disability from industrial injury; and to a non-industrial worker similarly placed by sickness, under the present National Health Insurance Scheme.

Mr. Griffiths

Under the National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Bill as introduced in the House, the maximum amount for temporary complete disability during a period of 26 weeks from the date of the accident is, for a single man, 40s. a week. As I announced in the Debate on the Second Reading, I propose to move that this amount should be increased to 45. Additions of 16s. for a wife or other adult dependant and 7s. 6d. for a first child may be made. Under the present Health Insurance Scheme, the standard rate of benefit payable to a man during the first 26 weeks of incapacity is 18s. a week, no additions being made for dependants. This rate may be increased if the Approved Society of which the man is a member has adopted a scheme of additional benefits providing for such an increase.

Major J. Morrison

asked the Minister of National Insurance the maximum amount payable as pension and all supplements to a single man and a man and wife and child or dependant, respectively, in the case of an unemployable industrial worker under the National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Bill at present, to an unemployable ex-member of the Forces, private, and to an unemployable man under the Civilian Injuries Scheme.

Mr. Griffiths

Under the National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Bill as introduced in the House the maximum amounts of pension and supplements when a man is deemed to be unemployable, are, for a single man, 60s., for a married man or a single man with an adult dependant 76s., and for a married man with one child, 83s. 6d. If the House accepts an Amendment which I propose to move in Committee then amounts will each be increased by 5s. The maximum amounts payable under the Royal Warrant to an ex-member of the Forces of the rank of private and under the Personal Injuries (Civilians) Scheme to a civilian, when the man is deemed to be unemployable, are the same as under the Bill as introduced. Under each of the three schemes, a further supplement of up to 20s. may be payable where the man is in need of constant attendance.