§ Mr. Mathersasked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will state the number of ex-Service men who were inmates of and died within the last seven years in the criminal lunatic asylum at Perth to the nearest convenient date; how many were in receipt of disability allowances awarded in consequence of wounds or injuries in the Great War; and how much, if any, the Prison Department contributed towards the funeral expenses in each case?
§ Mr. ElliotThree ex-Service men died in the Criminal Lunatic Department of Perth Prison during the seven years ended the 31st ultimo. One of these men had been awarded a disability pension on account of an eye wound received in the Great War, but that pension was suspended when he was admitted to the Criminal Lunatic Department. In his case and in one of the other cases the whole of the burial expenses were paid by the Prisons Department for Scotland. In the remaining case the burial expenses were borne by the relatives.