Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people received a war widows pension in (a) 2014-15, (b) 2015-16 and (c) 2016-17.
The numbers of people in receipt of a War Widow(er)s pension in the years requested are provided below.
31 March 2014 | 22,446 |
31 March 2015 | 20,533 |
31 March 2016 | 18,950 |
31 March 2017 | 17,311 |