§ 77. Dame Irene Wardasked the Minister of Defence how many widows of Regular officers of each rank in the three Armed Services, including the Indian Armed Services, are receiving widows' ordinary pensions; in each case how many of them lost their husbands on or after 4th November, 1958; how many widows of Regular officers of each rank are now over 73 years of age; and how many Regular officers' widows' husbands were on each of the six codes of retired pay, showing separately those whose 1919 code retired pay was reassessed.
§ Mr. WatkinsonTo answer the last part of my hon. Friend's question would involve the Service Departments in a great deal of detailed work, which I do not feel justified in asking them to undertake. The answers to the remaining parts of the Question consist of the following table of figures:
Parachute Regiment, 12th February, 1959; the 42nd Field Regiment, R.A., 7th May, 1960. All the units concerned are at or near full establishment. I cannot yet make public the dates or details of their reliefs.