§ Mr. D. G. SOMERVILLEasked the Minister of Pensions the number of applications in respect of cases outside the seven years' limit which have been investigated by his Department in each of the last three years; the number of such cases in which favourable awards have been made; and the aggregate annual payment which these awards entail?
§ Mr. F. O. ROBERTSI have no record of the aggregate number of the applications of this nature which were dealt with by the Ministry during the years in question, but the number of cases in which the application was recognised by the Ministry either by way of treatment or pecuniary compensation was in 1928, 318; in 1929, 497; and in 1930, 991. The present annual cost of the awards made is estimated at approximately £70,000. No record is available of the cost of treatment and treatment allowances in the cases in which treatment has been provided.