§ MR. BRAMSDON (Portsmouth)To ask the Secretary to the Admiralty if he will say how many men are now eligible to become Greenwich age pensioners, and how many actually receive these pensions, what is the annual amount set apart from Greenwich Hospital funds for the purpose of paying these age pensions; how much additional money would be required annually if all eligible men were actually provided for; and what is the average age of the men now receiving these age pensions who have not belonged to the Seamen Pensioner Reserve.
(Answered by Mr. Edmund Robertson.) Four thousand and eighty men are eligible for, but not in receipt of, the age pension. There are 8,820 actual recipients. The amount set apart from Greenwich Hospital funds for the payment of these pensions is £100,900. An additional sum of £31,000 would be required to provide for the men actually eligible at the present date. The average age of the recipients of these pensions, excluding those who have served in the Seamen Pensioner Reserve, is sixty-four.