Select Committee on House of Commons Members' Fund Report


APPENDIX A

Changes in Numbers of Beneficiaries
1939 Act Beneficiaries 1948 Act Beneficiaries 1981 Act Beneficiaries All Beneficiaries


Widows
Former Members and Widows Pre-1988 Widows (1991 Act)Former Members

Widows
Numbers receiving
payments at
30 September 2003
3577 929123
New awards
14 001 6
Deaths of
Beneficiaries
-2 -2 -13 -6 -5 -28
Numbers receiving
payment at
30 September 2006
2764 325101  
Average annual
grant in payment at
30 September 2006
£4,903£3,722 £1,382£2,822 £1,764£1,751


Note: One Member is in receipt of two seperate awards and so is counted under both the 1948 Act Former Members and Widows and the 1981 Act Widows.


 
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