asked the Minister of Social Security, what pension a widow is actuarially entitled to receive on widowhood in 1968, assuming that her late husband and his employers had contributed to the National Insurance Fund the full contributions, which in fact each could have contributed since 1948.

This would vary widely depending on such factors as the proportion of the contributions regarded as appropriate to widowhood benefits, both before and after pensionable age, the scheme of widowhood benefits selected, and the age and family circumstances of the individual widow.