§ Mr. Pardoeasked the Minister of Social Security (1) what is the total value of the supplementary pensions paid in a full year to those of the 150,000 people who are too old to claim a National Insurance pension and are eligible for a supplementary pension;
(2) if she will estimate the value in a full year of the supplementary pensions which are not now claimed by the 150,000 people who are too old to claim a National Insurance pension and who are eligible for supplementary pensions;
(3) how many of the 150,000 people who are too old to claim a National Insurance pension now claim a supplementary pension;
(4) if she will estimate how many of the 150,000 people who are too old to claim a National Insurance pension are eligible for supplementary pensions.
§ Mr. PentlandIt is estimated that about 70,000 people who were too old to become insured in 1948 are receiving supplementary pensions at an estimated cost of about£18 million a year. It is not known how many of the remaining 80,000 might be eligible.