§ Commander Nobleasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether he is aware that the widow, with two children, of a Maltese workman recently killed in an accident in His Majesty's Dockyard will receive a gratuity and a pension of 13s. a week only; and when these rates were last revised.
§ Mr. W. EdwardsThe case referred to would appear to be that of the widow of214W Vincent Cini, a hired engine fitter, employed in Malta Dockyard, whose death, on 18th November, 1950, as a result of injuries sustained while at work, the Admiralty greatly deplores. A gratuity of £89 2s. was paid in respect of his service, and Mrs. Cini was awarded an annual allowance of £35 2s. 2d. together with a gratuity in respect of her children of £39 10s. This award was made under Scale III of the Treasury Injury Warrant, and is related to the pay of the deceased at the date of his death. Awards under the Warrant are a fixed proportion of the injured person's pay at the time of the injury and vary from time to time in accordance with changes in the rate of pay in issue. These rates were last reviewed in 1945.