§ Mr. BUTCHERasked the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether he will state the amount of the allowance made to soldiers who are wholly incapacitated by wounds or otherwise in the course of the War; whether his attention has been called to the fact that such allowance is inadequate for reasonable sub- 1286W sistence; and whether the Government will, at the earliest date, take steps to remedy this state of things?
Mr. BAKERThe amounts hitherto authorised are those shown in the Royal Warrant for Pay. New rates in accordance with the recommendations of the Select Committee will be published and applied at a very early date.
Mr. DUNDAS WHITEasked the Under-Secretary of State for War if he will say what is now the weekly rate of separation allowance, including the usual allotment of pay for the wife, the wife with one child, two children, and three or more children, respectively, and for the motherless child of a corporal or private in the Army; up to what age the separation allowance is payable in respect of children; what is the additional allowance on account of rent; and whether any further assistance has been given in that respect in Glasgow, in view of the fact that the rents there are high and have been increasing?
Mr. BAKERThe rates are 12s. 6d., 17s. 6d., 21s., 23s., etc. The rate for each motherless child is 5s., without allotment from the soldier. The allowances for children are payable up to sixteen, and beyond that age in certain cases. Full information is contained in pamphlets which are to be had at any post office. The allowances include provision for rent, and there is no additional allowance from Army Funds on this account in Glasgow.