HC Deb 19 February 1929 vol 225 c957W
Sir W. de FRECE

asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the number of persons receiving the old age pension under the Acts of 1908 to 1924 on 31st December last, and the value of such pensions?

Mr. SAMUEL

The following particulars, showing the position on 31st December, 1928, relate to Great Britain:

  1. (a) Pensions under the 1908–24 Acts, subject to the means qualifications
    • Number 984,077. Annual value,£25,290,746.
  2. (b) Pensions under the 1908–24 Acts, by virtue of the 1925 Act, to persons with insurance qualification:
    • Number 348,646. Annual value,£9,064,796.

I should, perhaps, point out that a considerable number of persons in the latter group would be entitled to pensions under the Acts of 1908 to 1924, independently of the Act of 1925, subject to the conditions involved by the means tests imposed by the earlier Acts.