asked the Minister of Health the number of pensioners under the Widows', Orphans', and Old Age Contributory Pensions Act who are in receipt of outdoor relief and institutional relief, respectively; and the amount so expended?

Precise information on the points referred to is not available, but it is estimated that the number of pensioners under the Widows', Orphans', and Old Age Contributory Pensions Act, 1925 (including dependent children of widows in respect of whom children's allowances had been granted), who were in receipt of outdoor relief in England and Wales at the end of March, 1928, was about 58,000, and the number of those in receipt of institutional relief was about 2,800; and that Poor Law relief was then being afforded to those persons at the rate of about £600,000 a year and £185,000 a year respectively.

asked the Minister of Health the number of pensioners of whose death notice has reached the Ministry of Health, giving the numbers, respectively, of widows, children, orphans, and aged persons?

The following particulars, showing the number of notified deaths to 21st March, 1929, relate to England and Wales:—

Widows, 5,145; children and orphans, 2,163, of whom it is estimated that 140 were orphans; persons between 65 and 70, 24,359; persons over 70, 28,423.