75. Major OWENasked the Minister of Pensions what is the number of applications for pensions and treatment received from ex-service men who were disqualified under the seven years' limit; how many of these have been considered; and how many claims have been granted?
§ 76. Major COHENasked the Minister of Pensions what is the total number of claims submitted outside the seven years' time limit that have been recognised by the Ministry up to 30th September, 1930, under the following headings: recognised by the provision of treatment and recognised by a grant under special sanction, respectively?
§ The MINISTER of PENSIONS (Mr. F. O. Roberts)The total number of fresh applications made since my announcement in November last were, up to the end of-September, about 18,000, a majority of which were, however, received in the first few months of this period. Some 14,500 had been considered and dealt with by that date for most of which, I fear, little or no evidence was furnished or could be obtained in their support. About 800 of these applications were ascertained by the Ministry to be well founded, and of these, 20 were found to need no more than a brief course of surgical treatment, while the remainder 210 received compensation by way of pension or other pecuniary grant.
§ 77. Major COHENasked the Minister of Pensions if he will state what is the number of cases submitted outside the seven years' time limit that have been referred by his department to the independent medical experts up to the 30th September, 1930; and what is the number of such cases that have subsequently been allowed as a result of the experts' advice?
§ Mr. ROBERTSDuring the six months ended the 30th September last 136 cases were considered and advised upon by the independent medical experts. In 21 of these cases the claim was allowed.