HC Deb 16 May 1916 vol 82 cc1349-51W
Mr. DORIS

asked the Under-Secretary of State for War why the separation allowance to Mrs. Lizzie Cahill, Castlebar, County Mayo, wife of Private J. Cahill, No. 2,939, Leinster Regiment, has been discontinued; and, as Mrs. Cahill and her two children are now destitute, will he take steps to have the allowance renewed?

Mr. FORSTER

Payment at the rate of 8s. 2d. per week is now being made, but inquiry in this case is being pursued, and the hon. Member will be informed of the result in due course.

Mr. DORIS

asked the Under-Secretary of State for War why an allotment of 3s. 6d. per week, made by Rifleman P. Melia, No. 7358, A Company, 6th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles, 10th Division, 29th Infantry Brigade, now serving in Salonika, to his father, James Melia or

Malley, of Gowlane, Louisburgh, county Mayo, has not been paid to the latter since 2nd November, 1915; and will he take steps to have the arrears paid to him and payments made regularly in future?

Mr. FORSTER

Inquiry will be made, and the hon. Member informed of the result in due course.

Mr. GOLDSTONE

asked the Financial Secretary to the War Office what is the difference between the rate of pension granted to a private soldier who has been totally disabled by physical injury and that granted to one who has been discharged to an asylum on account of mental injury attributed to the War; and what is the scale of allowance to dependants in the two cases?

Mr. FORSTER

There is no difference in rates. The pension is granted to the man, not to his dependants. In the case of an insane pensioner, the amount available for the support of the family depends upon the amount claimed for the maintenance of the man.