HC Deb 08 March 1976 vol 907 cc112-3W
Mr. Geraint Howelfs

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is her Department's estimate of the increase in numbers of retired persons in Wales by 1980.

Mr. O'Malley

The number of persons in Wales in receipt of retirement pensions is expected to increase by 20,000 between 1975–76 and 1979–80.