HC Deb 01 December 1947 vol 445 cc31-2W
113. Mr. Sorensen

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will take steps to make the fact more widely known that United States army and other agencies have been assisting British women who have had children in this country by American Service men; and how applications for such assistance can be made.

Mr. Younger

Allowances from United States Departments are only possible if satisfactory evidence of paternity can be produced and if the putative father is receiving from the Department money which is subject to compulsory allotment or apportionment, or in cases where the putative father is deceased, if a pension is payable to his children. Applicants should write in the first instance to the Home Office, or if they are resident in Scotland, to the Scottish Home Department, Edinburgh. Steps are being taken to ensure that all social service organisations with whom such women are likely to be in touch are fully informed about the position.