HC Deb 26 November 1979 vol 974 c463W
Mr. Cartwright

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many widows had their pensions withdrawn on grounds of cohabitation during each of the past five years for which figures are available.

Mr. Prentice

The number of widows who had their national insurance pensions withdrawn in the last five years on the ground that they were living with a man as his wife was as follows:

1974 936
1975 981
1976 999
1977 1,167
1978 1,197