§ 68. Mr. Roland Robinsonasked the Minister of Pensions how many disabled ex-service men received hospital treatment for their disabilities during each of the years 1936 and 1937?
The Minister of Pensions (Mr. Rams-botham)Apart from the cases numbering about 6,000 in mental hospitals, 8,517 officers and men in 1936 and 8,090 in 1937 received treatment in hospitals for their war disabilities.
§ 69. Mr. R. Robinsonasked the Minister of Pensions in how many cases during 1936 and 1937 disabled ex-service men applying for hospital treatment were informed that it was unnecessary but were subsequently admitted to hospital?
§ Mr. RamsbothamI regret that I have no record of the number of cases of this description.