§ Mr. BYRNEasked the Pensions Minister, with reference to the case of the discharged soldier, No. T4/107,838, at present in Long Grove Asylum, who has now been awarded a pension of 27s. 6d. with 15s. a week to his dependants, whether the said pension and allowance will cease if the man should recover, or in case of his death what permanent allowance will his dependants be entitled to?
§ Mr. BARNESIn the absence of name and regimental particulars it is impossible to identify the man to whom the hon. Member refers. If, as I assume, the pen-s-ion in a conditional one, its renewal will depend on future assessments of the degree of disablement. If the disability disappears a conditional pension would cease. If afterwards it recurred the man would be reinstated as a pensioner. If he died the award to dependants would depend principally on the cause of death and the relationship and number of the dependants.