33. Lieut. - Commander Hutchisonasked the Minister of National Insurance what steps he proposes to take to remove the anomaly whereby in the computation of supplementary pensions only the first 7s. 6d. per week of a Service allotment is allowed to count, whereas all but the first 5s. per week of any earnings derived from civil employment can be disregarded.
§ Mr. J. GriffithsThe allotment made by a Serving son to his mother is part of her income and must be taken into account in assessing the amount of her supplementary pension, although it is the Board's practice to disregard the first 7s. 6d. of such an allotment. If the son is living at home, in civil employment, no part of his earnings are taken into account in assessing his mother's pension, but he is assumed to contribute 7s., 5s., or 2s. 6d. (according to the circumstances) to the rent and overhead expenses of the household in which he is living.