asked the Minister of Pensions the total amount of pensions paid during 1922 to, and the number of, parents or relatives, other than widows, in receipt of war pensions on account of loss of friends or relatives during the European War?

The average number of pensions in payment by my Department during the year 1922 to dependants, other than widows, but including motherless children, was approximately 385,000. The total expenditure on these awards during the same year was about £9,300,000.