§ MR. ROGERSTo ask the President of the Local Government Board whether an applicant who was received in to the workhouse infirmary since 1st January, 1908, and was treated there for some 2060 months, but who has since repaid to the guardians the cost of his board and treatment at the rate fixed by them, will be disqualified for an old-age pension.
(Answered by Mr. John Burns.) The repayment of the cost of the relief does not affect the question of disqualification; but it may be that the relief would be found to be such as under paragraphs (i.) or (iii.) of Section 3 (1) (a) of the Old-Age Pensions Act does not disqualify. No opinion on this point could be given without full knowledge of the circumstances of the case.