§ Mr. R. MORRISONasked the Minister of Pensions whether, in the case of a man awarded treatment with allowances and receiving at the same time from his employers an amount equal to his health insurance benefit, any deduction is made by the Ministry from the allowances?
§ Major TRYON:I would remind the hon. Member that, by the express terms of Article 6 of the Warrant, the special increased allowances authorised by that Article are only payable when the pensioner is found to be unable, in consequence of the course of treatment given him, to provide for the support of himself and his family. It is, therefore, a condition of the grant of these allowances that the pensioner shall not, at the same time, draw both the maximum allowance and also either wages or other payment from his employers, such as sick pay, in lieu of wages. This is a reasonable condition, and is one which the Ministry have con- 1170W sistently adopted since the Pension Warrants assumed their present form in 1917.