§ Mr. Royleasked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance what monetary allowances are made to tuberculosis patients whilst they are patients in sanatoria.
§ Mr. Boyd-CarpenterSuch patients are normally entitled to National Insurance sickness benefit under the Regulations which apply to hospital in-patients generally. By a special provision, however, the proportion of this benefit which the long-term tuberculosis patient may retain for his personal needs in the sanatorium is never reduced below 12s. 6d. a week, which is also the amount which the National Assistance Board would allow for this purpose to a tuberculosis patient without other resources.