Sir F. HALLasked the Financial Secretary to the War Office on what grounds the wife of a soldier Who moves from the country to London is refused the London allowance; and whether, in like manner, the wife of a soldier moving from London to the country, and who has been in the habit of drawing the London allowance, is permitted by the military authorities to continue to do so?
§ Mr. FORSTERThe London allowance was designed to enable those who had permanent homes in London to meet the extra cost of living involved by residence in the London area, and is therefore withdrawn on removal from that area.