HC Deb 30 April 1940 vol 360 cc557-8W
Sir A. Wilson

asked the Secretary of State for War whether the dependants of officers and men who die as prisoners of war are eligible for the same pensions and allowances as those who are killed in action?

Sir W. Womersley

Pensions and allowances may be paid to the widows and dependants of officers and men who die as prisoners of war at the same rates and under the same conditions as if they had been killed in action, if it is certified by my medical advisers that death was due to or materially hastened by a wound, injury or disease directly attributable to or materially aggravated by service in this war.