§ Sir B. FALLEasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether the regulations governing the award of Greenwich Hospital pensions to retired naval warrant officers permit special consideration being accorded to those retired warrant officers who, although permanently disabled during the War, are not in receipt of disability pensions?
§ Mr. AMMONThe selection of officers for the award of Greenwich Hospital pensions is entirely at the discretion of the Board of Admiralty, provided that they have the necessary qualifying service. Officers who have received severe wounds or disabling hurts from active service, or officers retired from physical unfitness which arose in, and is directly due to the service, are exempt from the rules for qualifying service. In making the selection, a factor such as that referred to606W would be duly taken into consideration in conjunction with the other relevant factors.
§ Sir B. FALLEasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether he will publish the scale of money allowances made from Greenwich Hospital funds to the wives or persons having charge of the children of naval ratings certified insane and sent to the mental hospital at Great Yarmouth?
§ Mr. AMMONThe Greenwich Hospital allowances payable to the wives or persons having charge of the children of naval pensioners admitted to the Royal Naval Hospital, Great Yarmouth, are
When the man's pension exceeds 2s. a day an allowance equivalent to the excess of pension over that amount is granted, with the proviso that such allowance shall not be less than 6s. a week. Steps are taken by the hospital authorities to pay these allowances in all eligible cases.
Man's Pension. Allowance per week. 6d. to 1s. a day 4s. Over 1s. and not exceeding 1s. 6d. a day 5s. Over 1s. 6d. and not exceeding 2s. a day 6s.