§ Mr. Hunterasked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance what is the number of persons in receipt of retirement pensions at the latest convenient date; and how many of that number are receiving supplementary allowances from the National Assistance Board.
§ Mr. Boyd-CarpenterThe National Assistance Board informs me that at 27th September, 1960, approximately 1,048,000 weekly supplementary allowances were being paid to people also in receipt of a National Insurance retirement pension. Some of these allowances provided for the requirements of a household with more than one pensioner. In June of this year there were approximately 5,517,000 retirement pensioners. The September figure, which is not yet available, is likely to be somewhat bigger.