asked the Minister for Social Welfare if he will state in expansion of a reply of 14th June, 1961, as regards sickness benefits paid out of the Social Insurance Fund for each of the years 1955 to 1960, inclusive, (a) the employers' contribution, (b) the employees' contribution, (c) the Exchequer contribution, and (d) the total payment for each year.
Written Answers. - Sickness Benefit Statistics.
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The information requested is not available.
Under the provisions of Section 5 of the Social Welfare Act, 1952, contributions by employers, employees and the Exchequer are for the purpose of making benefit and other payments out of the Social Insurance Fund. There is no fixed portion of these contributions appropriated to disability benefit.
The contributions to the Social Insurance Fund by employers, employees and the Exchequer in the years in question were as follows:—
|
Item |
Unit |
1955 |
1956 |
1957 |
1958 |
1959 |
1960 |
|
Employers' contributions |
£ thous. |
2,796 |
2,973 |
3,081 |
3,064 |
3,225 |
3,626 (a) |
|
Employees' contributions |
£ thous. |
2,501 |
2,590 |
2,708 |
2,694 |
2,828 |
3,236 (a) |
|
Contributions by Exchequer |
£ thous. |
2,454 |
3,688 |
4,487 |
4,390 |
3,930 |
4,630 |
|
Totals |
£ thous. |
7,751 |
9,251 |
10,276 |
10,148 |
9,983 |
11,492 (a) |
(a) Provisional.