§ Major HORE-BELISHAasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the annual cost of war pensions in the Irish Free State borne by the Imperial Exchequer?
Lieut.-Colonel STANLEYMy right hon. Friend has been asked to reply. The cost of war pensions administered by the Ministry of Pensions, for the year 1924–25, is, approximately, £2,346,830.