Oral Answers to Questions — Naval and Military Pensions and Grants. – in the House of Commons am ar 30 Gorffennaf 1925.
Mr. HUDSON (for Mr. ROBINSON):
2.asked the Minister of Pensions what is the number of persons in receipt of other dependants' pensions under Article 22 of the Royal Warrant of 1922, and the corresponding orders affecting the Navy and Air Force; whether he will ascertain the number who will be 65 years of age on 2nd January, 1928, and communicate the figure to the House at the earliest possible date; and the number of other dependants who are children under 16 years of age?
Mr George Tryon
, Brighton
The number of persons in receipt of pensions under Article 22 of the Royal Warrant of 1919 and corresponding Articles affecting the Navy and Air Force, is 2,080. Of these some 640 were born in the year 1862 or earlier. About 150 children under 16 years of age pensioned with their parents are included in the figure first quoted.
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