§ Lord ROBERT CECILasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his attention has been called to the case of the late Police-constable John James Waldock Turner, of the D Division of the Metropolitan Police Force, police-constable No. 117, who died after twenty-four hours' illness in hospital on 29th December, at the age of thirty-eight, having served eighteen years in the force; whether he is aware that Turner left a widowed mother and an imbecile sister who had been dependent on him; whether an application has been made for assistance for the widowed mother from the police funds in respect of the deductions made from Turner's pay during the period of his service; whether such an application has been refused; and whether there are no means by which this case can be assisted?
§ Mr. McKENNAThe facts are as stated. I have no power to make grants to the relatives of deceased constables1214W other than the widows and children. The provisions of the Police Act, 1890, extend to widows and children only.