HC Deb 23 November 1951 vol 494 cc95-6W
Mr. Lewis

asked the Minister of Pensions if he will give the number in receipt of disability pensions in each of the six years following the First and Second World Wars; and the total amounts of moneys paid in each of these years.

Mr. Heathcoat Amory

The following table shows the mean number of disablement pensions in payment in each of the first six complete financial years following the cessation of hostilities in 1918 and 1945, and the total amounts (including supplementary allowances) paid to disablement pensioners in each of those years.

Year Mean number of disablement pensions in payment Total amount paid to disablement pensioners
£
1919–20 … 1,030,800 54,775,000
20–21 … 1,216,700 59,867,000
21–22 … 1,107,000 49,804,000
22–23 … 814,500 39,734,000
23–24 … 699,200 35,013,000
24–25 … 642,300 33,822,000
1946–47 … 748,700 46,953,000
47–48 … 764,100 50,479,000
48–49 … 749,500 51,715,000
49–50 … 738,000 51,790,000
50–51 … 710,600 50,261,000
51–52 … 694,800 50,247,000*
* (Estimate).