§ Mr. GUINEYasked the Secretary to the Treasury what instructions have been issued to pension officers with regard to applications for pensions by inmates of Poor Law hospitals whose names appear on the medical officers' weekly return, and whose stay in the hospital may be permanent; and whether, if the guardians of a union establish a separate apartment or home for these cases the pension will be granted, the applicants promising to recoup the guardians a certain agreed sum per week as payment for maintenance, etc.?
§ Mr. MASTERMANThe instructions issued to pension officers contain all that is necessary for enabling officers to place before local pension committees the facts relevant to a decision in such cases as the hon. Member has in mind. As regards the second part of the question, I cannot undertake to express an opinion whether a pension would or would not be granted by the pension authorities in the circumstances of a hypothetical case.