§ Sir W. EDGEasked the Minister of Pensions the number of applications he has received in the last month under the 980W modification of the seven years' limit; and in how many such cases have pensions been granted?
§ Mr. F. O. ROBERTSAbout 1,500 applications have been received in the month, but it is not possible to distinguish the number of applications which would not have been made but for the modified procedure nor the number of these which have been successful.