HC Deb 13 July 1956 vol 556 c56W
Brigadier Clarke

asked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance why the Royal Warrant regulating the pensions for the children of disabled or deceased Servicemen of other ranks provides for their termination at an earlier age than for the children of officers.

Mr. Boyd-Carpenter

Although it is part of the long-standing provisions of the Royal Warrant that the age for termination of allowances is as a rule higher for the children of officers than for the children of other ranks, there is now no such differentiation where the child is a student or an apprentice or is incapable of self-support by reason of infirmity. In all these cases the Royal Warrant provides for the continuance of the allowance beyond either of the two usual ages.