NUMBERS INCREASED

Evening Star, Issue 22144, 26 September 1935, Page 2

NUMBERS INCREASED

RETURN OF WAR PENSIONS BOARD’S ANNUAL REPORT An increase in the number of war pensions' granted for the year ended March 31, 1935, as compared with the previous twelve months, was reported in the annual statement of the Pensions Board which recently came before Parliament. The total amount of payments in war pensions during tho past financial year was £1,264,110, compared with £1,24(h----441 during the previous financial year, an increase of £17,669. The number of war pensions in force during tho year ended March 31, 1935, was ns follows, those for the previous financial year being given in parentheses :

Ex-soldiers (permanent pensions) 9,980 (9,686) Ex-soldifers (temporary * ’ pensions) ••• ••• 3,875 (3,762) Dependents of' disabled soldiers ... '2,230 (1,988) Widows (without children) ‘ •1,149 (1,064) Widows (with children) 203 (340) Parents 3,833 - (4,102) Other adult dependents 83 (90) Guardians of children 259 (283) Totals 21,678 (21,314) The economic pensions in force at March 31. 1935, were as follow, those for the previous financial year being given in parentheses: — Ex-soldiers on' permanent pensions 1,370 (1,231) Ex-soldiers on temperarv pensions 1,357 (1,274) Widows with children 59 (76) Widows without children i 209 (179) Widowed mothers ... 180 (179) Totals 3,175 (2,939)