§ Mr. LARDNERasked the Secretary to the Treasury whether he can state the number of old age pension claims in the United Kingdom partly dealt with and the number not dealt with in any way in the hands of pensions officers on 1st January, 1st April, and 1st July, 1909; the number of claims received during the quarters ended 31st March and 30th June; and the number of pension order books due for delivery to pensioners on 25th June remaining undelivered on 1st July in the 628W collections of Cork, Galway, Limerick, and Londonderry respectively?
§ Mr. HOBHOUSEThe number of old age pension claims in the United Kingdom partly dealt with, and the number not dealt with in any way, in the hands of pension officers on 1st January, 1st April, and 1st July last were as follows:—
Partly dealt with. Not dealt with in any way. 1st January … 19,601 25,434 1st April … 21,111 7,702 1st July … 11,756 9,112 The number of old age pension claims received during the quarters ended 31st March and 30th June last were 95,379 and 44,864 respectively. The number of pension order books remaining undelivered on 1st July last in the Excise Collections named were:—
Cork … … … 472 Galway … … … 5,369 Limerick … … … 870 Londonderry … … … 8,494