HC Deb 05 July 1948 vol 453 cc18-9W
Mr. Sharp

asked the Secretary of State for Air (1) whether ex-airmen in receipt of disability pensions from his Department are now eligible, or will be eligible as from 5th July, 1948, for consideration for an unemployability supplement of 20s. a week; and how this should be claimed;

(2) whether, as from 5th July, 1948, the allowance for the wife of an ex-airman in receipt of a disability pension from his Department, will be automatically increased, and to what extent.

Mr. A. Henderson

Disability pensions paid from Air Force funds are governed by a Service Pensions Code and are not affected by the National Insurance Act, 1946. Ex-airmen who receive such pensions are already eligible for consideration for an unemployability supplement; and this is made known to every pensioner. Similarly, allowances paid from Air Force funds for wives of pensioners are not affected by the new Acts.