§ Mrs. Chalkerasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what would be the estimated annual cost of providing wives aged 70 years or over who were not entitled to a pension in their own right and whose husbands were below retirement age, with a pension of £7.90 per week.
§ Mr. DeakinsOn the assumptions stated, £11 million, rising to £15 million if payment were extended to cases where the husband was 65 or over and deferring retirement or where the wife had a pension of less than £7.90 in her own right.