Mr. V. Adamsasked the Minister of Pensions how many appeals for the granting of pensions have been referred to him by Members of Parliament on behalf of their ex-service constituents; and how many have been granted by him since he entered office as Minister of Pensions?
§ Mr. RamsbothamThe letters I receive from Members of Parliament regarding cases of all kinds have amounted to about 3,000 a year; but an individual case may often, and, necessarily, involve several letters, and I am afraid that I have no precise record of the number of separate cases in which complaint is made to me. It is estimated, however, that the pro portion in which, on further review of the case, pension is found to be admissible, is about 7 per cent.