§ 47. Dame Irene Wardasked the Minister of Health what is the annual cost to his Department of doctors' superannuation, calculated in the appropriate groups.
§ Mr. LoughlinThe estimated total Exchequer contribution for superannuation of general medical practitioners in 1964–65 is £4,613,000. The annual cost of the Exchequer contribution for the superannuation of doctors employed in hospitals is not known exactly but is currently about £5 million.
§ 48. Dame Irene Wardasked the Minister of Health how many doctors have retired since the introduction of the National Health Service; and what is the annual cost to his Department of their superannuation, shown in the appropriate groups.
§ Mr. LoughlinInformation about numbers of doctors who have retired on pension and about aggregate payments made each year to different groups of pensioner is not separately available.