§ Mr. Pooleasked the Minister of Pensions whether his attention has been called to the case of Mr. W. V. Dawkings, of 62, Canterbury Road, Whitstable, a disabled ex-service man, in receipt of disability pension; whether he is aware that this man has been compelled to serve a term of imprisonment owing to his being unable to pay his rates because of the serious reduction in his pension; and whether he is prepared to reconsider this case, and grant a pension more in keeping with the disability sustained?
§ Mr. RamsbothamI am fully aware of the circumstances of this case. Mr. Dawkings has been awarded a pension appropriate to the degree of his physical disablement, but his claim to alternative pension on the basis of loss of earning capacity has not been substantiated. As I have already intimated, I am quite prepared to review this claim at any time on the production of reasonable evidence as to earning capacity.