HC Deb 07 December 1937 vol 330 c204
54. Mr. David Adams

asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury what central or Departmental funds are in existence in order to help to provide educational and/or other maintenance facilities for the children of deceased Civil servants; and will he give details of such facilities?

Lieut.-Colonel Colville

Various benevolent or provident funds are in operation in the Civil Service, some of which provide, amongst other benefits, educational and maintenance facilities for the children of deceased Civil servants. Such funds are maintained from non-official sources, for example, voluntary contributions from serving and retired officers. They are entirely benevolent in character and their administration is not under the official control of the Departments in which they operate. I am not, therefore, in a position to give details of the facilities they offer. Examples of such funds are:

  • The Civil Service Benevolent Fund.
  • The Post Office Clerks Benevolent Fund.
  • The Post Office Relief Fund.
  • The Customs and Excise Orphans', Widows' and War Memorial Fund.
  • The Ministry of Labour Benevolent Fund.
  • The Inland Revenue and Customs and Excise Provident Fund.
  • Civil Service Widows' and Orphans' Fund.