§ In addition to the 6s. 6d. mentioned above payable to the childless wife, it should be noted that further grants are payable in all cases by local war pensions committees and the Military Service (Civil Liabilities) Committee, which may be summarised as under:
- (a) An allowance up to 12s. a week towards rent, insurance premiums, hire-purchase payments, mortgage interest, if she can show that her present income is less than her income before her husband's enlistment, after taking into consideration the saving in expenditure resulting from his absence.
- (b) Grants up to 10s. a week during serious illness.
- (c) Grants from the Military Service (Civil Liabilities) Committee, if the total of her rent, insurance premiums, etc., exceed 12s. a week.
- (d) There are also allowances for school children over fourteen, and for other purposes, and emergency grants for maternity cases and for funerals,
294 which are payable under certain circumstances by local war pensions committees.
§ In calculating the allowance payable under (a), the income taken into consideration is the income of the household as it was or would have been in January, 1918, but for the husband's enlistment.