§ Lord Burghleyasked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that there is considerable dissatisfaction among officers who lost their entire kit at Dunkirk on the smallness of the sums received from the War Department to replace it; and will he see that these sums are made up to a figure which bears some relationship to the cost of replacement, and are not based on a wholly academic and unfair rate of depreciation, in that the great majority of such officers might otherwise reasonably have expected never to have to replace most of their kit?
§ Mr. Erskine Hillasked the Secretary of State for War what rates have been allowed to officers of the British Expeditionary Force for loss of uniform and equipment where such loss was incurred in the evacuation from Dunkirk?
§ Mr. EdenCompensation for loss of necessary articles of uniform and equipment incurred in the evacuation from Dunkirk is assessed on the basis of the prices at which the lost articles can be replaced, less an abatement in respect of wear and tear. Compensation is limited to the articles which the officers have to 1133W replace to comply with military requirements. The matter is not a simple one, but the basis of assessment of compensation in these cases is under review, and arty alterations which may be approved will be applied to claims, arising out of the evacuation, which have already been dealt with.