§ Mr. Alfred Morrisasked the Secretary of State for Social services what would be the cost of calculating the average payment by way of (a) war widow's pension, (b) armed forces pension, (c) payment where applicable from the South Atlantic fund, and (d) all three taken together to the widow of a private killed in (i) the first world war, (ii) the second world war, (iii) Northern Ireland after 1973 and (iv) the Falkland Islands.
§ Mr. RossiAbout £38,000. The computer payment records do not contain sufficient details, so the individual widows' files in the Department and the Ministry of Defence would need to be specially scrutinised.