§ Mr. Fosterasked the Secretary of State for War if he is aware of the dissatisfaction amongst badly wounded soldiers in military hospitals at being discharged from the Service before being discharged from hospital; and what is the relative financial position of a wounded soldier in these circumstances before and after discharge for all ranks.
Relative position before and after discharge of wounded soldiers during the period under treatment in hospital. Before discharge from the Army. (1) Pay. (2) Family Allowance. (3) Total. (4) s. d. s. d. s. d. Private (A) … … 42 0 21 6 63 6 Private (B) … … 42 0 38 9 80 9 Corporal (A) … … 49 0 21 6 70 6 Corporal (B) … … 49 0 37 0 86 0 Sergeant (A) … … 59 6 21 6 81 0 Sergeant (B) … … 59 6 36 6 96 0 After discharge from the Army. (1) Net treatment allowance while in hospital. (5) National Health Insurance benefit. (6) Total. (7) s. d. s. d. s. d. Private (A) … … 41 0 9 0 50 0 Private (B) … … 48 6 9 0 57 6 Corporal (A) … … 44 4 9 0 53 4 Corporal (B) … … 51 10 9 0 60 10 Sergeant (A) … … 47 8 9 0 56 8 Sergeant (B) … … 55 2 9 0 64 2 NOTES: In addition "unemployability supplement" of 10s. 0d. a week may be payable in certain cases. Column (1)—(A) = married soldier without children. (B) = married soldier with one child. Column (2)—The pay rates in all cases are those of non-tradesmen soldiers with 3 years' service. Column (3)—This column represents the State contribution and excludes the allotment from the soldier's pay which is included in the figures shown in Column (2). Column (6)—This is the modified benefit payable, subject to the normal statutory time limits, whilst treatment allowance is in issue. This National Health Insurance benefit is not issuable direct to the man whilst he remains in hospital but it may be paid to a dependant at the discretion of the approved society.