§ 53. Sir N. Hulbertasked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance the total amount recovered from pensioners for treatment received while in-patients in hospitals during the last twelve months.
§ Mr. Boyd-CarpenterI understand that my hon. Friend has in mind the adjustments of National Insurance benefits which normally begin to operate after the beneficiary has been two months in hospital. The resulting reduction in the expenditure of the National Insurance Fund is of the order of £11 million a year.