Speeches

Hywel Williams – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Hywel Williams on 2015-02-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many recipients of war disablement pensions there are in (a) England, (b) Wales, (c) Scotland and (d) Northern Ireland.

Anna Soubry

The number of recipients of war disablement pensions in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, can be found below:

Country

Number

England

89,450

Wales

6,925

Scotland

11,890

Northern Ireland

3,680

Other UK

340

UK Unknown

345

Not Known

135

Total

112,765

Notes:

1. Other UK includes Isle of Man and Channel Islands.

2. In line with Defence Statistics’ Rounding Policy, all figures of five or more have been rounded to the nearest 5. Due to rounding, the figures provided may not sum to totals.