§ Mr. Smedley Crookeasked the Minister of Health the number of widows who have been granted pensions under the Widows', Orphans', and Old Age Contributory Pensions Act whose pensions 1574W have since ceased and will not be reissued until the widows have attained the age of 55?
§ Sir K. WoodExact figures are not available, but it is estimated that the number of widows in this class in Great Britain who, having ceased to be entitled to pensions on the youngest child attaining the specified age, will again become entitled if and when they attain the age of 55, provided they have not remarried is in the neighbourhood of 40,000.