§ Mr. WESTWOODasked the Minister of Pensions if he is aware that a pension was granted to the mother of the late Private R. Virtue, No. 352,317, 9th Royal Scots; that the mother is now dead; that the father is now in very bad circumstances, with only 35s. per week to support himself and his four motherless children; that the pension payable to the mother has not been transferred to the father; and what action, if any, can he take to have the pension previously paid to the mother transferred to the father?
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Captain CRAIGPensions to parents can only be granted if incapacity for self-support and pecuniary need exist. In this case the application made by the father last August had to be refused as he did not fulfil the conditions mentioned. If at any time his circumstances should change for the worse a renewed application would be sympathetically considered.