§ Mr. Thorneasked the Minister of Pensions how many ex-service men pensioners died during the eight years from 1929 to March, 1937; if he can give the mortality per 1,000; and how does the mortality rate compare with the adult males of the same age of non-ex-service men?
§ Mr. RamsbothamThe number of disability pensioners who died in the eight years ended March, 1937, was 56,468, the annual mortality rate being about 15.7 per 1,000 pensioners. Comparative figures are not available for the year ended March, 1930, but during the next seven years, the average mortality rate of disability pensioners was 16 per thousand, whereas that of the general male population of corresponding ages in England and Wales during the same period was approximately to per thousand.