§ 37. Miss Herbisonasked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance what considerations are taken into account when deciding the amount of constant attendance allowance to be paid to an individual.
§ Mr. WoodSubject to maxima laid down by the Industrial Injuries Act and Royal Warrant, the amount of constant attendance allowance under the Industrial Injuries and War Pensions Schemes is determined by the extent and nature of the help pensioners require because of their pensionable disability in order to look after their personal needs like dressing and eating.
§ Miss HerbisonIs the right hon. Gentleman aware that there is at present some dissatisfaction in some individual instances at the rate of constant attendance allowance paid? If I send to him details of one case, in which a daughter who has had to give up her work to look after her father full-time has been given 37s. 6d. a week, will he look into it for me?