CONTRIBUTORY PENSIONS ACT.

HC Deb 21 July 1927 vol 209 cc594-5W

Sir J. POWER

asked the Minister of Health the estimated number of persons who will obtain old age pensions next January as a result of the reduction of the age to 65?

Mr. CHAMBERLAIN

According to the estimate of the Government Actuary, the number of persons who will be en-titled to old age pensions under the Contributory Pensions Act, 1925, in January next is 466,000.