§ Mr. PRIVETTasked the Financial Secretary to the Admiralty whether an early decision can be given of the new rates of pensions for widows and compassionate allowances for children of mates, commissioned officers from warrant rank, warrant officers, Royal Navy and Royal Marines, coastguards, officers and quartermasters, Royal Marines, which have been under consideration since the revised rates were awarded to other officers in 1920?
§ Major BOYD-CARPENTERThe widows' pensions in the case of mates, commissioned officers from warrant rank and warrant officers of the Royal Navy who were on the Active List on l3t February, 1919, have been increased from £30 to £40 per annum and from £25 to £30 per annum respectively. Further, in the case of warrant officers who were on the Active List on the date mentioned, allowances of £5 per annum have been instituted for each child. Previously, the children of warrant officers were not eligible for allowances. The revision of these increased rates and of the rates applicable in the other cases referred to by my hon. Friend is still under consideration, but all possible steps are being taken to secure as early a decision as practicable.