Mr. GamierTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many recipients of war pensions live in(a) the Harborough district, (b) Oadby and Wigston Borough and (c) the Harborough constituency; and how many will be resident within the Harborough primary care group area. [78415]
§ Mr. BayleyOne of the key aims is that delivery of service should be simpler and more efficient. Questions on operational matters concerning the War Pensions Agency are for its Chief Executive, Mr. Gordon Hextall. I have asked him to write to the hon. and learned Member.
Letter from Gordon Hextall to Mr. Edward Garnier, dated 29 March 1999:
The Secretary of State for Social Security has asked me to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question about the number of War Pensioners living in the Harborough district, Oadby and Wigston Borough and Harborough constituency and how many will be resident within the Harborough primary care group area.Unfortunately this information is not available in the form for which you ask and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. However, our records do show that, in March 1998 (the latest date for which figures are available) there were 6,876 War Disablement Pensions and 1,641 War Widows Pensions in payment within the Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Staffordshire War Pensions Committee area, which covers the counties shown in its title.I hope this is helpful and I am sorry that I cannot be more precise.