§ Mr. Haleasked the Minister of Social Security what was the number of applications by widows of war pensioners who died in receipt of a war pension for a war widow's pension in the 12 most recent months available for computation; and what were the numbers granted and refused.
§ Miss HerbisonIn 1966 some 16,470 war pensioners died (not all of them leaving a widow) and there were about 4,800 claims for war widows' pension and 2,210 awards. The available figures cannot, of course, be related precisely because some of the claims made in 1966 were in respect of deaths occurring prior to that320W year and some were not decided by the end of the year, while some of the awards in 1966 were in respect of claims made before that year, or were in respect of the deaths of men who were not in receipt of a war disablement pension.