§ Mr. R. MACDONALDasked the Secretary of State for India whether the families of Indian soldiers receive any fixed scale of pension and, if so, what it is; and whether there is any scale of disablement allowance in operation?
§ Mr. MONTAGUThere is a fixed scale of family pensions for the heirs of Indian soldiers who are killed while performing military duty, or die from wounds or injuries so received, or from accidents or illnesses resulting from active operations in the field, or from foreign service. The rates of pension and the conditions under which pension is granted are set out in detail in the Army Regulations, India. I am furnishing my hon. Friend with a summary of the same. A fixed scale of disablement allowance is also in operation.