§ CAPTION NORTON () Newington, W.To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will see that further consideration is given to the case of ex-Police Constable William Drake, who met with an accident in the execution of his duty as a water policeman at Devonport in 1898, and was invalided with a small gratuity in lieu of a pension.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Akers Douglas.) The case was dealt with in the year 1900 by my predecessor in office under the provisions of The Police Act, 1890. I have inquired into it and find that the Chief Surgeon of the Metropolitan Police has advised that no connection has been established between the slight injury on duty sustained by the ex-police-constable and the disease which caused him to be returned as unfit for further service. In these circumstances a pension could not be granted. I may add that the gratuity awarded was the maximum authorised by the Act.