§ Sir JAMES YOXALLasked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether, in fixing the amounts of pensions, it is the practice of the military authorities to take into account any grants of a temporary character which are made to the dependants of soldiers from unofficial benevolent sources; and, if such be the practice, whether it is usual to augment the pension in order to compensate for the loss sustained in the withdrawal of such unofficial financial assistance?
§ Mr. FORSTERThe answer to the first part of the question is in the negative. The second part does not therefore arise.