HC Deb 30 July 1959 vol 610 cc679-80
28. Dr. King

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what compensation he proposes to pay to the widow and dependants of Detective Sergeant Purdy.

Mr. R. A. Butler

I would refer the hon. Gentleman to the reply which I gave to Questions on this subject on 23rd July last.

Dr. King

Can the Home Secretary tell us the actual amount of special pension in the weekly income which the widow is to receive? As the police, with the good will and support of all of us, are now engaged in an attempt to battle against crimes of violence, does not the right hon. Gentleman think that it would be an encouragement to these brave men if they knew that their widows would be adequately cared for by the State?

Mr. Butler

In a previous Answer I said that the total sum was £10 10s. 8d. The combined police pension, Industrial Injuries and widow's award amounts to £7 4s. 6d., and the rest of the total award is in respect of two of the children. That is how the total to which I referred is made up.