HC Deb 14 April 1978 vol 947 c565W
Mr. Patrick Jenkin

asked the Seretary of State for Social Services how many officers and former officers in the Armed Forces are in receipt of war disability pensions.

Mr. Ennals

Awards of war disability pensions do not take effect until after the termination of service. The latest available figure—March 1978—of the number of war disability pensions currently payable in respect of former officers of the 1914–18 War, and 1939–45 War and subsequent service, at home and overseas, is 21,329.