HC Deb 13 May 1963 vol 677 cc112-3W
38. Mr. Oliver

asked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance what further consideration he has given to cases concerning the disparity between the pre-and post-accident earnings of injured workmen within the provisions of the Industrial Injuries Act and the inadequacy of the special hardship allowance to compensate the injured workman for the loss of earnings he has sustained.

Mr. N. Macpherson

Special hardship allowance is not designed to compensate for loss of earnings as such but to provide a measure of supplementation of a loss of faculty benefit in cases where the injury has necessitated a change of occupation. The maximum rate of the allowance will, under the terms of the recent Act, be increased from 39s. to 46s. a week from 27th May.