HC Deb 13 June 1996 vol 279 c254W
Mr. Touhig

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is the number of people in the United Kingdom who currently receive a war pension. [32252]

Mr. Heald

It is estimated that at 31 March 1996, the most recent date for which figures are available, 301,379 people in the United Kingdom were receiving either a war disablement pension, war widow's pension or other war dependants pension.