§ 40. Mr. D. GRENFELLasked the Minister of Health the estimated number of persons insured under the National Health Insurance for old age pensions and widows' pensions who have arrived at the age of 60 years, with the number of persons already in receipt of such pen- 336 sions under the Acts of 1925 to 1929 and the Acts of 1909 to 1924, respectively?
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the MINISTRY of HEALTH (Mr. Shakespeare)It is estimated that at the 31st December, 1931—the latest date for which such information is available—there were approximately 720,000 persons between the ages of 60 and 65 who were insured for old age and widows' pensions under the Contributory Pensions Acts. The number of persons in receipt of widows' pensions under the Contributory Pensions Acts and old age pensions under the Contributory Pensions Acts and the Old Age Pensions Acts, 1908 to 1924, was, at the 31st December 1933, approximately 2,993,000. My right hon. Friend is sending the hon. Member particulars for the two sets of Acts as they are somewhat long.