Widows (Pensions)

Mr. Cartwright
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many widows had their pensions withdrawn on grounds of cohabitation during each of the past five years for which figures are available.

Mr. Prentice
The number of widows who had their national insurance pensions withdrawn in the last five years on the ground that they were living with a man as his wife was as follows: ------
|1974|
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|1975|
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|1976|
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|1977|
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|1978|
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