§ 71. Mr. ANDERSONasked how many members of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps have been killed or injured abroad; whether, in the case of a member being wounded, she is entitled to draw a pension on the same lines as a soldier; and whether, in the case of a member being killed, a pension can be drawn in respect of a mother or other relative who may have been dependent upon such a member?
§ Mr. MACPHERSONThe answer to the first part of the question is—
The Regulations, under which members of the Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps are enrolled, set out the payments which, are made in cases of injury and death. Awards are made under the scheme framed by the Army Council under the Injuries in War (Compensation) Act, 1914 (Session 2). I will send my hon. Friend a copy of the Regulations.
Killed … … … 8 Died of wounds … … … 1 Injured … … … 10
§ 75. Mr. R. McNEILLasked the Undersecretary of State for War whether a large hotel in Belfast was taken last October to be used as a hostel for the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps in Ireland and furnished and fitted at a considerable cost to make it suitable for such a purpose; whether the work so done was only completed at the end of March and the hostel opened in April of the present year; whether it is now proposed to remove the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps' Irish; quarters to Dublin, involving the abandonment of the use of the hotel in Belfast; and if he will say how much public money will be wasted directly and indirectly by this change of quarters?
§ Mr. MACPHERSONThe Grand Central Hotel, Belfast, was taken over in October last for the Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps, and certain constructional alterations were made, but the cost was not disproportionate in any way. The hostel was opened in the middle of February. It is not proposed to abandon the 1879 use of the hotel. The headquarters of the Corps in Ireland have always been situated at the headquarters of the Command in Dublin, and no change is contemplated.