§ Viscount WOLMERasked the Secretary of State for War what the pensions payable in respect of children of private soldiers and warrant officers killed in the War are, respectively?
§ Sir JAMES CRAIGI have been asked to reply to this question. The pensions payable in respect of the children of privates, non-commissioned officers and warrant officers of the Army are the same, namely:—
6s. 8d. a week for the first child.
5s. a week for the second child, and
4s. 2d. a week each child after the second.
If the children are, or become, motherless the rates are 10s. a child, or 9s. 2d. for each child after the first if two or more are being maintained in the same household or institution. To these figures must be added the present war bonus of 20 percent.