WAR PENSIONS
POSITION IN BRITAIN
EXPENDITUEE DECREASING
British, Official Wireless. (Bcceived 9th February, 11 a.m.) , RUGBY, Bth February. The annual report1 of the Pensions Ministry states that the total number of persons receiving war pensions at the end of March last year, was approximately 1,370,001?, comprising 24,000 officers, 470,000 men, 140,000 widows, 264,----000 children, 471)000 parents, and other dependants, and 1000 nurses.: . This is a reduction on the previous year of 106,000, caused by deaths,, remarriages, and other normal'causes. 'The expenditure on war pensions for the year was £54,000,000.
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 33, 9 February 1931, Page 9
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89WAR PENSIONS Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 33, 9 February 1931, Page 9
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