Detective Sergeant Purdy (Death)

HC Deb 30 July 1959 vol 610 cc127-8W

51. Mr. Beswick

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what element of the benefit of £10 10s. 8d. per week payable to the widow of Detective Sergeant Purdy would have been payable as of right after the length of service of this police officer; and what element is payable as compensation for death as a result of injuries received on service.

Mr. R. A. Butler

If the late Detective Sergeant Purdy had died on 13th July, 1959, from causes unconnected with his police service the total benefit payable to his widow would have been £6 0s. 6d. a week. This sum would include both National Insurance benefit and police pension and would cover awards in respect of two of her children.

52. Mr. Beswick

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what pension would have been payable to the late Detective Sergeant Purdy had he retired through ill-health on the day he was actually killed on duty.

Mr. R. A. Butler

The amount of police pension that would have been paid to the late Detective Sergeant Purdy if he had retired from the Metropolitan Police Force through ill-health on 13th July, 1959, is 4 11s. 6d. a week.