§ Mr. HERRIOTTSasked the Minister of Pensions whether, in all cases where a pensioner is recommended home treatment with allowances, the recommendation is referred to a Deputy-Commissioner of Medical Services; whether he has power to veto such recommendations; whether any record is kept of the number of cases where authority to pay allowances is refused; and, if so, will he give the number of men who were recommended home treatment with allowances but did not receive allowances in the three months ending 31st March?
§ Major TRYONCertificates given by Ministry Institutions and Clinics are not referred to a Deputy-Commissioner of Medical Services, but where the examination has been conducted by an out-station medical officer his recommendation is referred to a Deputy-Commissioner. The latter never disturbs a recommendation of allowances without personally seeing the man unless the examining medical officer agrees, on reconsideration of the case, that allowances are not admissible. I regret that the figures asked for are not available as no record is kept of these decisions other than in the man's personal file.