§ Sir W. Darlingasked the Minister of National Insurance the total number of persons liable to pay for National Insurance; the numbers actually paying; and the number receiving benefit, respectively, at the most convenient recorded date.
§ Mr. J. GriffithsI regret that the figures asked for in the first two parts of the Question are not available. In the week ended 21st December, 1948, the total number of orders issued for payment of benefits under the National2W Insurance Acts, including retirement, old age and widows' pensions, was approximately 5,900,000.