HC Deb 09 March 1995 vol 256 c295W
Mr. David Atkinson

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many of those service personnel who served in Northern Ireland are currently in receipt of a war pension.

Mr. Arbuthnot

The information is not available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

Sir Michael Neubert

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what proportion of war widows currently in receipt of pensions qualified for payment after 14 August 1945; and how many have so qualified within the last 12 months.

Mr. Arbuthnot

The information is not available in the form requested and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. Some 1,608 war widows pensions were awarded in the year ending 31 December 1994.