§ Mr. McLoughlinTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many war widows currently receive both the DSS basic war widows' pension and the armed forces families' attributable pension. [41006]
§ Mr. DenhamI have been asked to reply.
The information requested is not available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. Such information as is available is that at 31 March 1998 there were 57,551 War Widows pensions in payment.