§ Rear-Admiral Morgan-Gilesasked the Minister of State for Defence how many widows of regular officers are receiving widows' ordinary pensions under each of the retired pay codes; and in each case how many are on minimum widows' pension rates.
§ Lord BalnielThe figures are as follows:
Code Widows receiving ordinary pensions Those on minimum rates included in Column A A B Pre-1919 17 13 1919 3,660 1,342 1945 (including 1919 reassessed for war service) 6,346 2,650 1950 1,457 523 1956 951 160 1960 329 81 1962 231 68 1964 213 46 1966 129 14 1968 57 6 1969 20 3 1970 4 1 13,414 4,907