§ 3. Mr. McKayasked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance the total contributions of men to the National Health, Pensions and Unemployment Insurance Schemes for 1938, 1946, 1948 and 1954.
§ Mr. PeakeFigures to show the total amounts contributed in these years by men are not readily available, but the total ordinary weekly contribution rates of employed men under the National Health, Pensions and Unemployment Insurance Acts, and the National Insurance Acts, in the years stated were as follows:
Year Weekly contributions 1938 … … 1s. 7d. 1946 … … 1s. 10d. to 7th January 1s. 11d. to 30th September 2s. 10d. from 30th September 1948 … … 2s. 10d. to 5th July 4s. 7d. from 5th July 1954 … … 5s. 5d.