HC Deb 28 July 1936 vol 315 c1331W
Mr. JOEL

asked the Minister of Pensions the amount of new pensions granted in each of the last five years?

Mr. HUDSON

The approximate annual value of new pensions granted in each of the five years ended 31st March, 1932, to 31st March, 1936, were £185,800, £106,900, £92,288, £85,921 and £85,543.

Mr. GROVES

asked the Secretary of State for War whether he will inquire into the circumstances of a service pension for Mr. H. Chamberlain, 54, Chandos Road, Stratford, E.15, No. 27,921 G.; and whether he will explain why this man's pension has been reduced by 4s. weekly?

Mr. COOPER

Mr. Chamberlain is in receipt of a Special Campaign pension. These pensions are compassionate awards, variable according to the amount of other income of the recipient and his wife. When Mr. Chamberlain's wife was awarded the old age pension of 10s. a week in May last, his Army award was necessarily reduced by 4s. a week.