§ 25. Mr. ADAMSONasked the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether he is aware that in assessing the degree of dependency of a relative of a soldier who, before enlistment, was an apprentice, no regard is had to the prospective earnings of the soldier had he remained in civil life; and whether instructions will be issued that, in fixing the amount of dependant allowance, regard shall be had to this factor?
§ Mr. FORSTERYes, Sir; the assesment of dependency necessarily rests on the basis of fact. But the Regulations of the Ministry of Pensions already admit a grant in such cases over and above the amount of assessed dependency.