§ Mr. K. Robinsonasked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance if he will state the amounts of refunds of National Health Service charges other than prescription charges by the National Assistance Board in the last 85W three years, showing separately the totals refunded to regular recipients of National Assistance and to cases of special hardship, and distinguishing as
GRANTS BY THE NATIONAL ASSISTANCE BOARD TO MEET CHARGES UNDER THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE Total Amounts Granted — 1958 1959 1960 £ £ £ Spectacles Grants to persons receiving regular weekly National Assistance allowances … … … 442,000 489,000 582,000 Grants to other persons … … … 64,000 78,000 69,000 Dental treatment and dentures Grants to persons receiving regular weekly National Assistance allowances … … … 239,000 277,000 340,000 Grants to other persons … … … 41,000 51,000 47,000 Other aids and appliances Grants to persons receiving regular weekly National Assistance allowances … … … 33,000 38,000 46,000 Grants to other persons … … … 6,000 6,000 5,000 The figures for 1958 and 1959 have been given in the Annual Reports of the National Assistance Board for those years