Boards and Committees (Members' Expenses)

HC Deb 16 June 1952 vol 502 c74W

Mr. J. Morrison

asked the Minister of Health what has been the total cost of meeting loss of remunerative time and for travelling and subsistence expenses sustained by members of all boards and committees established under the National Health Service Act for each of the financial years since 1948.

Mr. Iain Macleod

The total cost for England and Wales was as follows:

• Period ended 31st March, 1949—£68,246.
• Year ended 31st March, 1950—£101,828.
• Year ended 31st March, 1951— £113,010.
• The figures for the year ended 31st March, 1952, are not yet available.