§ 39. Sir L. Lyleasked the Minister of Pensions in how many cases to date has compensation been paid in respect of persons killed by our own anti-aircraft shells; and what is the normal amount of such compensation.
§ The Minister of Pensions (Sir Walter Womersley)My statistical records do not enable me to distinguished between war injuries of this kind and those due to other war operations, and I therefore 1240 regret that the information asked for in the first part of the Question is not available. The rate of pension to the widow of a gainfully-occupied person is the same as that for the widow of a private soldier.