HC Deb 13 February 1984 vol 54 c104W
Mr. Wareing

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many disabled married women qualified for housewives' non-contributory invalidity pension in each of the years since its inception.

Mr. Newton

The number of disabled married women receiving housewives' non-contributory invalidity pension as at the end of May each year was as follows:

Number
1978 40,000
1979 43,000
1980 45,000
1981 49,000
1982 49,000
1983 50,000