§ Mr. R. T. EVANSasked the Minister of Health the aggregate of old age and widows' pensions paid to residents in Wales and Monmouthshire in each of the years 1928 to 1932?
Sir H. YOUNGThe aggregate sums paid between 1st April, 1928, and 31st March, 1933, to residents in Wales (including Monmouthshire) by way of pensions under the Widows', Orphans' and Old Age Contributory Pensions Acts, 1925 to 1931, and the Old Age Pensions Acts, 1908 to 1924, were approximately as follow:
Year ended 31st March. £ 1929 … … … 2,805,000 1930 … … … 2,868,000 1931 … … … 3,271,000 1932 … … … 3,492,000 1933 … … … 3,514,000