HC Deb 22 February 1960 vol 618 c10W
67. Mr. G. Thomas

asked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance the number of retirement pensioners in Wales, the number whose pension is supplemented by National Assistance, and the number who received special grants for clothing during 1959.

Miss Hornsby-Smith

In December, 1959, there were about 275,000 retirement pensioners in Wales, of whom about 65,000 were having their pensions supplemented by the National Assistance Board. Some of these supplements cover the needs of a household with more than one pensioner. The number of grants made by the Board to retirement pensioners to meet exceptional needs, mostly for clothing and bedding, is not known, but the number of such grants to all kinds of recipients in Wales was 18,526 in 1959.