§ Captain BOWYERasked the Minister of Pensions how many pensions have been granted to widows under the Royal Warrant of the 6th January, 1924, Article 17B; how many have been rejected under this warrant; and of this number, how many have actually appealed to the tribunal against the Ministry's decision?
Mr. ROBERTSUp to the present date, 125 awards of pension have been made under Article 17B of the. Warrant, and 280 claims have been rejected under that Article, but in many of the last-named cases pension has been granted under Article 17A. A notice of appeal has been lodged in about 100 cases.