Greg Mulholland – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Greg Mulholland on 2016-02-19.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information his Department holds on the number of women who become war widows before 6 April 2005 and remarried between 6 April 2005 and 1 April 2015.

Mark Lancaster

Between 6 April 2005 and 1 April 2015, 195 war widow(er)s remarried regardless of when they became a war widow(er).

After becoming a war widow prior to 6 April 2005, 135 women remarried between 6 April 2005 and 1 April 2015.

In line with Defence Statistics’ Rounding Policy for War Pension Scheme data, figures have been rounded to the nearest five.