Mr. McNeilasked the Minister of Health how many old age pensioners were in receipt of supplementary pensions on 1st August, 1940, and on 1st August, 1941, respectively; and how many pensioners by 30th September, 1941, had re-entered employment and thus forfeited their supplementary pensions?
Mr. BrownAt the beginning of the Supplementary Pensions scheme in1006W August, 1940, some 1,200,000 old age pensioners, including widow pensioners over 60 years of age, were receiving supplementary pensions, and at the end of July, 1941, the number was approximately 1,300,000. I regret that statistics showing the number of pensioners who have re-entered employment and are no longer in need of supplementary pensions are not available.