§ Miss Quennellasked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance (1) how many people receiving National Assistance are chronically sick, and how many disabled, in hospitals or homes, or at home, repectively;
(2) how many disabled or chronically sick people do not receive any State financial help.
§ Mr. PentlandIn December, 1964, people under pensionable age receiving National Assistance included 281,000 who were incapable of work because of sickness or disability 268,000 were living at home, and 13,000 in homes or hospitals. The National Assistance Board's statistics do not however distinguish the chronically sick or disabled in these categories. I have no information as to the numbers of disabled or chronically sick people not receiving any State financial help.