§ Mr. Hewlettasked the Minister of Pensions whether he is aware that in many cases the allowances available to a serviceman undergoing treatment for a service disability are better if he comes under the 1919 Royal Warrant than if he comes under the 1940 Royal Warrant; whether he can provide a table setting out precisely the effect of the difference between the two scales in practice; and whether he will consider an amendment of the scales to bring them into line?
§ Sir W. WomersleyThe treatment allowance rates for the present war bear broadly the same ratio to those payable under the 1919 Royal Warrant as applies in the case of pensions. Rates of pensions and allowances for the present war have recently been raised and there is no 395W ground at present for a further increase. I append a table showing the treatment
DISABLED MEMBERS OF H.M. FORCES. Allowances payable during treatment provided under the Royal Warrants of the 6th December 1919, and the 29th June, 1940. I.—In-Patient Treatment—Weekly Rates. Royal Warrant. Single Man. Married Man with Wife. Wife and 1 Child. Wife and 2 Children. Each Additional Child. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. 6th December, 1919 21 0 41 0 48 6 54 6 6 0 29th June, 1940, as amended by Command Paper 6342 of February, 1942. 20 0 35 7 42 8 48 1 5 5
II.—Out-Patient and Home Treatment—Weekly Rates. Royal Warrant. Single Man. Married Man with Wife. Wife and 1 Child. Wife and 2 Children. Each Additional Child. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. 6th December, 1919 40 0 50 0 57 6 63 6 6 0 29th June, 1940, as amended by Command Paper 6342 of February, 1942. 37 6 46 8 53 9 59 2 5 5