§ SIR JAMES RANKIN (Herefordshire, Leominster)To ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will state what number of persons have bought deferred annuities in the Post Office of a value not less than £6 10s., commencing at the age of sixty-five years until death.
(Answered by Mr. Austen Chamberlain.) Savings Bank deferred annuities are not granted to commence at a specified age, but at the expiration of a specified term of years. It is, however, found that the number of persons who have purchased deferred annuities of not less than £6 10s. per annum through the Post Office, to
| Year. | Expenditure on Estimates. | Expenditure on Loans. | Total. | |
| Apart from War. | War Expenditure. | |||
| £ | £ | £ | £ | |
| 1900–01 | 26,082,544 | 65,261,000 | 1,285,772 | 92,629,316 |
| 1901–02 | 20,528,574 | 64,132,300 | 1,749,487 | 94,410,361 |
| 1902–03 | 28,716,627 | 40,146,900 | 1,662,294 | 70,525,821 |
| §*1903–04 | ‡29,800,000 | 7,145,000 | 3,600,000 | 40,545,000 |
| *1904–05 | ‡28,830,000 | — | —† | 28,830,000 |
| * As in Army Estimates. | ||||
| †The Expenditure during 1904–5 on the Military Works Loan cannot at present be estimated. | ||||
| ‡ The figures in the first columns from 1901–02 onwards include expenditure under the "Mowatt" programme for Reserves of Stores, etc. | ||||
| § Including Supplementary Estimates of £2,700,000. |
§ commence at an age not earlier than sixty-five years, is 105.