§ Mr. Dayasked the Minister of Pensions whether he can state the approximate annual value of pensions terminated from all causes for the three years ended the last convenient date?
§ Sir W. WomersleyThe gross value of the pensions and allowances terminating from various causes (of which death is by far the biggest) was for each of the years referred to, £1,161,657 for the year ended in March, 1937, £1,076,995 in 1938, and £1,065,850 in 1939. The net reduction in the Ministry's expenditure is of course substantially less owing to new or increased grants.