WIDOWS AND ORPHANS (SICKNESS GRANTS). (Hansard, 2 July 1925)

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3. Mr. ROBINSON
asked the Minister of Pensions whether sickness grants are still being made to the widows and orphans of men killed in the Great War; and what was the amount disbursed in sickness grants in the six months ending 30th June, 1925?

§ Major TRYON
Supplementary grants in cases of prolonged illness are still made by the Special Grants Committee in exceptional circumstances. The expenditure incurred for this purpose for the six months ended 31st May last—the latest date to which the accounts have been made up—was £l,753.

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Mr. ROBINSON
Who decides the circumstances? Is it the doctors or some board?

§ Major TRYON
It is a matter with which the Special Grants Committee themselves deal.