§ 8. Lieutenant-Colonel Sir S. HOAREasked the Pensions Minister whether local pensions committees are only authorised to pay £5 to meet the expenses of indigent discharged soldiers, their wives, and dependants; whether, in the event of the expenses exceeding this amount, the expenses have to be met by the Poor Law guardians; and whether, if this is the case, local committees can be authorised to incur a greater expenditure in order that no Poor Law taint should be attached to the funerals of discharged soldiers and their dependants?
§ Sir L. WORTHINGTON-EVANSNo Grant can be made by local war pensions committees to meet the funeral expenses of a discharged man's dependants. The Grant of £5 which could formerly be made to meet the funeral expenses of a discharged disabled man has now been increased to a maximum of £7 10s.; and the Committees have been duly informed.