Orders of the Day — Fourth Schedule. — (Rates of Benefit Under National Insurance Act, 1946.)

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 20 November 1957.

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Photo of Mr Richard Crossman Mr Richard Crossman , Coventry East 12:00, 20 November 1957

In view of what my right hon. Friend the Member for Llanelly (Mr. J. Griffiths) said about the increasing number of recipients, has the Minister made any effort to work out whether the amount per head has in-increased? From our point of view, it is not very interesting to know what the global allocation to pensioners is. We have to ensure that each man gets his share and each family gets its share of the increased national income. I wonder whether the right hon. Gentleman could deal with it in terms of income per head and not income related to the global number of pensioners. I would be curious to know what the figure is.