§ Mr. David MarshallTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list in theOfficial Report, for each constituency in Scotland, the number of males and females in receipt of the state retirement pension.
§ Mr. Peter LloydInformation is not collected about the number of retirement pension recipients in any particular locality. However, at 30 September 1988 there were 788,380 retirement pension recipients in Scotland as a whole, of whom 256,850 were men and 531,530 women. These figures exclude those receiving graduated pension only.
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§ Mr. KirkwoodTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will institute a system of age priority when reviewing claims or hearings for war pensions or disablement pensions whereby age will be a factor in determining the degree of priority accorded to new claims.
§ Mr. Peter LloydWe are grateful for the suggestion. However, war pension claimants are predominately elderly, and relating priority to age would lengthen the processing of most claims. Priority is already given to claimants identified as having a short life expectancy.