§ Mr. HinchliffeTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will place in the Library copies of those documents available to service personnel in 1968 relating to possible entitlement to war pensions. [12561]
§ Mr. SoamesIn 1968 responsibility for payment of war pensions rested with the then Ministry of Social Security. Copies of any documents which my Department made available to service personnel at that time relating to entitlement to war pension were not retained separately from our main departmental records and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.