§ 69. Mr. HORE-BELISHAasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury how many claims for compensation to civilian war sufferers have been settled; the amount of money that has been paid; and its proportion to the sum which 35 Germany has paid to Britain as reparation for the damage suffered by civilians during the War?
Mr. McNEILUp to the present date £4,889,560 has been paid in respect of 70,100 claims for compensation in respect of war damage. The total reparation receipts of the United Kingdom to date amount to about £30,000,000. The claims of individuals represent about 1 per cent. of the total claims of the United Kingdom, the balance representing Government claims in respect of war pensions, separation allowances, etc. Accordingly the compensation paid in respect of these individual claims (£4,900,000) is more than 16 times the appropriate proportion of reparation receipts, which would be about £300,000.