§ Major HILLSasked the Secretary of State for War whether any special Grant is made to parents of commissioned officers killed in action to compensate them for extra expense spent on such officers'education—for example, sending them to the university with a view to their obtaining a degree?
§ Sir J. CRAIGPensions may be granted to the parents of officers who lose their lives through war service, under certain conditions which are shown in Articles 18–20 of the Royal Warrant of the 1st August, 1917, a copy of which I am sending my hon. and gallant Friend. These pensions are not given as compensation for past expenses incurred, but the value of an officers' education as a partial indication of the support he might have afforded his parents in the future is not overlooked.