§ Mr. Sharpasked the Secretary of State for War what changes have been made since November, 1946, in the Regulations for Army Dependants' Allowance; and, in particular, whether students and apprentices whose earnings and contributions to the maintenance of a dependant would have been greater now than in the six months preceding their enlistments, may now have this taken into account when the rate of allowance is being determined.
§ Mr. ShinwellThe answer to the first part of the Question is none. Dependants' allowances are restricted to the alleviation of hardship arising when Service personnel are unable to continue, while in the Forces, the same contributions towards the support of dependants as they made in civil life. Assistance in cases of the type referred to in the second part of the Question can be considered under the scheme for War Service Grants administered by the Ministry of Pensions.