§ MR. H. C. LEA (St. Pancras, E.)To ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will state the gross and net revenue from tobacco for the financial year ended 31st March, 1908.
(Answered by Mr. Lloyd-George) The gross revenue from tobacco in the financial year ended 31st March, 1908, was
| Old-age Pensions. | Invalidity. | Including Pensions for provisional invalidity. | |
| 1st January, 1902 | 179,450 | 495,645 | 8,700 |
| 1st January, 1907 | 125,603 | 836,674 | 22,099 |
| The number of pensions awarded in the course of the years in question was respectively— | |||
| Old-age Pensions. | Invalidity. | Including Pensions for provisional invalidity. | |
| 1901 | 14,849 | 138,142 | 7,632 |
| 1906 | 10,666 | 123,390 | 12,421 |