§ Sir E. Graham-Littleasked the Minister of Pensions what is the present position regarding the permanent pension due to Lieut.-Commander R. Wolfenden, Royal Naval Reserve; whether the steps he undertook to take last February have produced the medical information missing from documents supplied to him by the Admiralty in the absence of which no redress can be made to Lieut.-Commander Wolfenden; and if he will expedite the inquiry into this long deferred case.
§ Mr. MarquandLieut.-Commander Wolfenden is receiving a pension at the maximum rate (£306 per annum) for spondylolisthesis (aggravated by war service) and post-operative thrombosis of the left leg (due to war service). The position regarding the accuracy and completeness of certain service records was fully explained to the hon. Member for Oxford (Mr. Hogg) in August, and I am sending the hon. Member a copy of this letter. The officer's appeal against the decision that his disability spondylolisthesis is not attributable to war service was scheduled for hearing by the Pensions Appeal Tribunal on 1st September. A hearing will again be arranged as soon as he indicates that he is willing to appear.