§ 23. Mr. FELLasked the Secretary to the Treasury how many persons were in receipt of old age pensions according to the latest figures available in England and Wales, Scotland, and Ireland respectively?
§ The FINANCIAL SECRETARY to the TREASURY (Mr. Montagu)The number of pensions payable on the last Friday in December, 1913, the latest date for which figures are available, was as follows:—
| England and Wales | 685,288 |
| Scotland | 97,702 |
| Ireland | 199,302 |
| Total | 982,292 |