§ Mr. Waddingtonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if a grant for funeral expenses can be paid from war pension funds if a war pensioner dies whilst receiving hospital in-patient treatment for his pensioner disability irrespective of the cause of death although no such grant is payable if the same man dies from the same cause at home; and if so whether he will take steps to ensure that in future a grant will be paid in the latter case.
§ Mr. DeanWhere no death grant under the National Insurance Scheme is paid, or one is paid at only the half rate, a funeral grant under the war pensions scheme may be paid in respect of a war disablement pensioner who dies as a result of his pensioned disablement, whether at home or in hospital. The maximum rate is £30. The further concession to which my hon. and learned Friend refers dates back to 1919 and it would be inappropriate to extend it now.