HC Deb 12 February 1962 vol 653 c101W
Mr. McKay

asked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance what was the total amount of money paid to insured people by the National Assistance Board in 1960 for the aged, sick and injured, and the unemployed, respectively.

Mr. Boyd-Carpenter

In 1960 the approximate total amount of the weekly National Assistance allowances paid as supplements to retirement pension was estimated at £58,000,000, to sickness benefit or industrial injury benefit at £11,000,000, and to unemployment benefit at £3,000,000.