§ Mr. Hicksasked the Minister for the Civil Service what is the total pension income, including State benefits, and the lump sum gratuity for a widow with no children of a civil servant killed on duty today in a flying accident with pensionable pay of £3,000 per annum, and nine years' length of service.
§ Mr. David HowellOn the assumption that the husband was covered for normal State benefits, under present arrangements the widow would receive a Civil Service allowance of £721 a year together with up to some £341 a year under the National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Act, 1965, depending on her age. Under proposals which have been made for improvements in the Civil Service scheme, in addition to the national insurance benefit the widow would receive a lump sum of £750, and her husband's full salary for the first three months after his death and thereafter an allowance of £1,321 a year.
A Civil Service death gratuity of £3,000 would be payable to the deceased civil servant's estate, subject under the new arrangements to deduction in respect of any unpaid contributions to the widows' pension scheme.