HC Deb 13 March 1928 vol 214 cc1696-7
60. Mr. W. BAKER

asked the Minister of Pensions the number of first awards of pension to fresh applicants during 1927, and the number of conditional awards current on the 1st January, 1928?

The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the MINISTRY of PENSIONS (Lieut.-Colonel Stanley)

The total number of first awards of all kinds made in the calendar year 1927 was 4,355. On the 1st January, 1928, there were about 8,500 officers and nurses and 146,000 men in receipt of conditional awards in respect of disablement arising out of service in the Great War.

Mr. BAKER

Would it be possible to give the figures analysed for the various categories in the country?

Lieut.-Colonel STANLEY

I could not answer that question without notice.