asked the Minister of Pensions the total amount of the grant for estimated expenditure for the year 1923; and the total amount expended respectively in payment of pensions to disabled men, widows, and children, their dependants, and in the costs of administration at head offices and throughout the various regions, exclusive of medical boards, and the amount spent in respect of medical boards?

The total estimated expenditure of the Ministry of Pensions for the current year is £89,991,000. The total expenditure in respect of men is £43,371,043; for widows and children, £20,162,000: for dependants, £8,123,000; and for officers and nurses, £6,350,857. The estimated expenditure in respect of administration is £4,606,000 inclusive of medical boards, the cost of which is estimated at £604,000 for the year.