§ Mr. Thorneasked the Minister of Pensions how many wives whose husbands are serving with the Forces and who, through drop in income, cannot pay rent, 425W have received a Government grant; and what is the limit of the grant?
§ Sir W. WomersleyThe grants made by me on the advice of the War Service Grants Advisory Committee are based on serious hardship resulting from the inability of members of the Forces to meet their financial obligations in consequence of their war service. In arriving at their recommendations, the committee take rent into account along with other commitments, and it is not possible to give the number of cases in which inability to pay rent is the sole reason for a grant. The maximum which the committee can recommend in any one case is £2 per week.