§ 4. Mr. STEPHENasked the Minister of Pensions the number of claims for pension that were rejected last year owing to the operation of the seven years' limit?
§ Major TRYONThe information is not available, as no separate record is kept of applications of this or any other class which, for various reasons, are not proceeded with.
§ Mr. STEPHENIs it the fact that in the Ministry they have no statistics at all on this matter? Is there not a record of the number of claims for each district and each town?
§ Major TRYONThe information asked for by the hon. Member is not available.
§ Mr. STEPHENIs there not information approximating to it so that we may have some idea of the number of claims rejected through the operation of the seven years' limit?
§ Major TRYONNo, Sir, we have no record of cases which are decided to be outside the scope of the terms laid down by Parliament.