§ Andrew SelousTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the cost has been for each year since 1997 of widows' pensions to war widows who became widows in(a) the Second World War, (b) from 1946 to 1973 and (c) since 1973. [136822]
§ Mr. CaplinThe information is not available in the format requested and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
A range of statistics on War Pensions, including an analysis by age of the numbers of widows receiving war widows' pensions, is published quarterly. A copy is available in the Library of the House.