§ MR. CARLILE (Hertfordshire, St. Albans)To ask the Secretary of State for War what are the details of the arrangement made with boards of guardians to draw the quarterly pensions due to Army pensioners who have resort to the Poor Law in order that they may be paid to the pensioners by weekly instalments; and whether pensioners must acquiesce in this method of receiving their allowances.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Haldane.) When the guardians decide to pay a pensioner monthly or weekly they inform either the War Office or the accountant paying the pension. The quarterly payments are then made to the guardians, who arrange for the payment of the instalments to the pensioner. The War Office does not obtain the pensioner's acquiescence.