§ Dr. Haden Guestasked the Minister of Pensions the number of applications for war pensions received in each of the first five years after the end of the last war and demobllisation; and what proportion of these cases arose out of wounds or deaths in action; and what proportion arose as a result of illness either in this country or overseas?
§ Sir W. WomersleyThe number of applications received in each of the f ve years in question was:
For the year ended— 31st March, 1920 … 958,300 31st March, 1921 … 238,900 31st March, 1922 … 88,200 31st March, 1923 … 47,500 31st March, 1924 … 34,000 I regret that it is not possible to state what proportion of these claims arose out of wounds or deaths in action or as a result of illness either in this country or overseas. Of the total number of pensions granted for disablement, however, 40 per cent. were for wounds and injuries and 6o per cent. for diseases, but similar details are not available in regard to death cases.