NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE. BENEFITS, RECEIPTS (inclusive of EXCHEQUER GRANTS), ACCUMULATED FUNDS and and ADMINISTRATION. and the Scottish Board of Health, and from information supplied by the Government of Northern Ireland.] 537 477 433 531 714 919 986 Disable- 1.004 1,013 727 967 1,077 1,144 1,220 1,749 187 229 225 2,689 3,329 3,779 4,136 105 141 155 165 176 253 374 455 496 523 560 Thousand £. Thousand £. Thousand £. Thousand £. Thousand £. Thousand £. Thousand £. Thousand £. Thousand £. (c) 5,408 3,317 2,760 162 10,461 3,563 2,045 4,562 4,002 2,631 11,118 2,188 3,893 4,415 10,992 2,169 3,007 4,195 10,584 4,356 4,899 12,068 4,489 5,744 13.651 3.419 8,956 7.177 213 7.739 8846 9.334 1,108 1.232 1,309 1,396 2,002 3,063 3,783 4,275 4,659 5,074 Maternity 121 138 149 1,077 1,120 1,079 919 882 1,042 1,694 1,747 1,613 1,526 1,486 1,489 126 127 146 230 247 232 222 216 215 Expenditure on Benefits and Administration. 1,045 1,009 1,188 1.924 1,994 1.845 1,748 1.702 1,704 46 45 9,395 8,471 8,184 8,037 8,449 1,061 1,315 1,143 1,013 1,133 1,004 9,194 9,453 Thousand £. Thousand £ Thousand £. Thousand £. Thousand £. Thousand £. Thousand £. Thousand £. Thousand £. 1,266 22 162 150 1,445 142 595 1,409 533 1,313 662 1,557 763 1,751 2883 Other (b) 22 29 ENGLAND AND WALES. 659 752 707 638 726 787 1,156 971 30 Total 790 859 1,233 1,084 605 392 18,819 21,574 21.984 21,833 23,142 24,613 GREAT BRITAIN. 661 714 951 27 32 41 2,371 2,894 2,846 2,671 2,952 2,916 Thousand £. Thousand £. Thousand £. Thousand £. Thousand £. Thousand £, Thousand £. Thousand £. Thousand £. 11,727 3,157 4,075 6,458 817 14,447 2,316 5,620 4,571 3,002 5,119 832 1,270 771 12,563 3,177 4,570 1,221 5.010 692 12.401 3,135 4,102 4,728 3,156 4,887 5,561 3.367 5,081 6,507 6163 10,017 8006 10,710 9,215 9,614 8623 9.197 9849 10,347 Cost of Administration. 11,837 13,625 15,105 21,190 24,468 24,849 24,504 26.118 27,529 Approved and (b) Including Sanatorium Benefit which was discontinued in 1921. (c) Disablement benefit began in July, 1914. 2,117 2.231 403 173 492 2,616 3,250 3,448 3,304 3,375 3,372 3,442 397 271 287 273 274 284 330 416 452 444 431 431 436 2,475 2,442 2,391 2,515 2,946 3,666 3,900 3,745 Central ments. 3,806 3,804 3,878 803 586 608 611 682 763 727 415 1,003 1,186 1,348 1,016 941 913 931 75 115 100 94 113 127 141 115 116 115 110 NORTHERN IRELAND. Thorisard £. Thousand £. Thousand £. Thousand £. Thousand £. Thousand £. Thousand £. Thousand £. Thousand £. 135 93 24 36 31 29 339 93 64 71 918 686 702 693 765 832 1,116 1,313 1,489 1,131 1,057 1,028 1,041 Total. 2,780 2,799 34 2,994 3,619 4,436 30 4,796 4,320 4,316 4,285 4,373 512 371 381 355 357 373 443 543 593 559 547 546 546 4,062 4.979 5,389 4,876 4,863 4,832 4,919 108 105 YEARS. (a) (a) 1912-1 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 (b) 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 (a) 1912-1 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 (b) 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 (a) 1912-1 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 (b) 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1922 (10 mths. 1923 1924 1925 OLD AGE PENSIONS. No. 50.-NUMBER of PENSIONS PAYABLE on LAST FRIDAY in (including Allowances) PAID (Compiled from the Annual Reports of the Commissioners of Customs and by the Government (a) Includes 408,194 cases in England and Wales and 54,637 cases in Scotland in which additional allowances varying from 6d. to 2s. 6d. were payable. (b) The figures as to pensions payable for 1918 and 1919 include the following numbers of cases in which additional allowances of 28. 6d. were payable :-1918, England and Wales 665,172, Scotland $9,206; 1919, England and Wales 651,632, Scotland 86,816. OLD AGE PENSIONS. MARCH in each YEAR, and the TOTAL VALUE of ORDERS during each YEAR. and Excise and from information supplied by the Commissioners of Northern Ireland.) (e) The totals for 1920 include "special cases" numbering 4,403 in England and Wales and 603 in Scotland, in which the pension had not been adjusted to the new rates under the Old Age Pensions Act, 1919. These cases are not included in the analysis by amounts of pension shown in the subsequent columns. (d) The alteration in the means qualification in the Old Age Pensions Act, 1924, resulted in an increase, both in the number of pensions and in the proportion of pensioners paid at the maximum rate. This Act applies to Great Britain only. Table continued on next page. OLD AGE PENSIONS. No. 50.-NUMBER of PENSIONS PAYABLE on LAST FRIDAY in (including Allowances) PAID (Compiled from the Annual Reports of the Commissioners of Customs and by the Government 333,050 351,397 363,811 369,365 369,398 361,435 343,690 336,581 322,934 337,572 (c) 353.794 366,255 331,146 342,046 117,331 118,292 117,015 116,608 115,023 112,568 108,827 106,618 102,757 101,535(c) 102,106 101,154 25,661 25,531 25,514 574,411 590,763 604,110 614,766 617,840 616,677 604,090 606,496 597,264 620,343 (c) 648.548 663,112 605,807 615,497 665,389 Total. IRELAND. 201,783 205,317 203,036 202,202 198,938 193,725 185,731 180,868 173,699 172,082(c) 172,980 170,870 41,029 40,772 40,674 UNITED KINGDOM. 907,461 942,160 967,921 984,131 987,238 978,112 947,780 943,077 920,198 957,915(e) 1,002,342 1,029,367 936,953 957,543 1,051,358 Number of Pensions of the under 10s. 164,790 161,580 158,601 38,029 37,604 37,105 910,494 936,517 958,909 872,912 891,463 1,023,948 88. 3,273 4,081 4,409 1,124 1,181 1,259 22,093 26,459 27,767 25,309 26,202 8,149 1925(d)(C) | (a) Includes 120,412 cases in Ireland and 583,243 cases in the United Kingdom in which additional allowances varying from 67. to 2s. 6d. were payable. (5) The figures as to pensions payable for 1918 and 1919 include the following numbers of cases in which additional allowances of 2s. 6d. were payable:-1918, Ireland 176,951, United Kingdom 931,329 1919, Ireland 173,258, United Kingdom 911,706. OLD AGE PENSIONS. MARCH in each YEAR, and the TOTAL VALUE of ORDERS during each YEAR-continued. and Excise and from information supplied by the Commissioners of Northern Ireland.) (e) The totals for 1920 include "special cases," numbering 262 in Ireland and 5,268 in the United Kingdom, in which the pension had not been adjusted to the new rates under the Old Age Pensions Act, 1919. These cases are not included in the analysis by amounts of pension shown in the subsequent columns. (d) Excluding Irish Free State. (e) See note (d) p. 59. |