65. Mrs. Slaterasked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance the number of people over pensionable age in receipt of National Assistance allowances for the nearest convenient date in 1958.
§ Mr. Boyd-CarpenterThe National Assistance Board informs me that information of the kind asked for is obtained quarterly and that a figure in 1958 will not be known until after the end of March. Of the allowances last December about 1,235,000 were being paid to men over 65 or women over 60. Some of these allowances would also cover the needs of a wife over 60.