HC Deb 29 June 1943 vol 390 c1474W
Mr. Bellenger

asked the Secretary of State for War what is the period during which family or dependant's allowance is paid in the case of missing soldiers?

Mr. A. Henderson

These allowances continue for 26 weeks from the date the relatives are notified that the man is missing, except for those missing in the Far East where, owing to the slower rate at which the Japanese are notifying the names of prisoners of war, special extensions have been made from time to time. I have announced the latest extensions to-day in a reply to my hon. Friends the Members for Oswestry (Major Leighton) and Wallsend (Miss Ward).