Captain FABERasked the Secretary of State for War what sum per week the Poor Law guardians can claim from an old soldier in a civilian hospital, that soldier having a life pension of eight-pence per day?
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the WAR OFFICE (Mr. F. D. Acland)The Poor Law authorities can claim the amount of parish relief advanced or expended on a man's account, provided that the amount is calculated at rates not exceeding the ordinary rates for pauper inmates and that not more than the daily rate of pension is claimed in respect of each day for which relief has been administered.
Captain FABERMay we take it for granted that the Poor Law guardians would be wrong to charge more than a man's pension?
§ Mr. ACLANDYes. I do not think that they can charge more than the man's pension.