HC Deb 23 February 1981 vol 999 c299W
Mr. Cartwright

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many widows had their national insurance pensions withdrawn on grounds of cohabitation during each of the past five years for which figures are available.

Mr. Rossi

The number of widows who had their national insurance widow's benefit withdrawn in the last five years on the grounds that they were living with a man as his wife was as follows:

Year Number of benefits withdrawn
1976 999
1977 1,167
1978 1,197
1979 1,082
1980 1,568