§ Mr. Hamiltonasked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance the total estimated saving expected this year from the economies in the administration of his Department; and what part of it relates exclusively to Scotland.
§ Mr. Boyd-Carpenter£100,000—as indicated by my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer in his statement on 26th June, of which only a very small part relates exclusively to Scotland. This, however, takes no account of savings from the decision to concentrate the issue of National Insurance pension books for Scotland and Wales, with the issue of English pension books, at Newcastle. The full annual saving from this when the operation is completed is estimated at £83,000, of which £55,000 relates to Scotland, but I am not yet in a position to estimate what part of this saving will be achieved within this financial year.