§ MR. TIMOTHY DAVIES (Fulham)To ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer if he can state the number of applications received up to date for old-age pensions, giving the number claiming 1s., 2s., 3s., 4s., and 5s. respectively.
(Answered by Mr. Lloyd-George.) The total numbers of claims received by pension officers up to the 10th instant amounts to 468,164, of which 273,862 come from England, 131,610 from Ireland, 49,077 from Scotland, and 13,615 from Wales. The information at present in my possession does not enable me to classify these applications according to the amount claimed in each case.