Written question asked by Winston Churchill (Conservative), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 30 January 1997. It was answered by Oliver Heald (Conservative) on Thursday, 30 January 1997 on behalf of the Department of Social Security.

Dept of Social Security

Question: What was (a) the overall cost of war pensions in each of the past 10 years at constant prices; what is his estimate for 1997-98; and how many claimants there were in each of those years.

Answer: Mr. Churchill: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what was (a) the overall cost of war pensions in each of the past 10 years at constant prices; what is his estimate for 1997-98; and how many claimants there were in each of those years. [13451] Mr. Heald: The information is in the tables: Thousands _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Total War disablement pension War widow's pension Other 1986 275 210 61 4 1987 266 203 59 3 1988 258 198 58 3 1989 252 194 56 2 1990 248 192 54 2 1991 250 195 53 2 1992 260 207 52 1 1993 293 241 51 1 1994 309 259 49 1 1995 315 264 50 1 1996 328 267 60 1 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. All figures as at the 31 December of each year. War pensions expenditure £ million _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year Cash terms Real terms 1986-87 589 933 1987-88 599 900 1988-89 610 860 1989-90 641 844 1990-91 708 863 1991-92 967 1,108 1992-93 1,158 1,273 1993-94 1,286 1,375 1994-95 1,147 1,204 1995-96 1,258 1,289 1996-97{1} 1,420 1,420 1997-98{1} 1,461 1,433 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Figures are estimated.

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