§ Mr. A. Lewisasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will give the annual calendar year percentage rise or fall of the proportion of the cost of the National Health Service which was met by National Health Insurance contribution since 1951, taking that year as equalling 100.
Year … … 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 £ million … … 6.2 6.3 6.5 7.2 8.0
§ Dr. A. Thompsonasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he received a request from Dunfermline Town Coun-
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§ Mr. GreenThe proportions of the cost of the National Health Service—excluding local authority expenditure—met by National Insurance contributions for calendar years since 1951, taking the year 1951 as equalling 100, were approximately as follows:
1951 100 1952 88 1953 88 1954 86 1955 82 1956 73 1957 92 1958 155 1959 165 1960 154 1961 173 1962 191