§ Mr. Biggs-Davisonasked the Secretary of State for Defence whether, having regard to the size of the payments made to relatives of civilians killed as a result of the disturbances in Londonderry on so-called Bloody Sunday, he is satisfied that there is adequate financial provision for the relatives of members of the security forces killed by terrorists in Northern Ireland.
§ Mr. William RodgersThe widows of members of the Regular Forces killed in Northern Ireland on or after 31st March 1973 as a result of terrorist activities are eligible for awards under the new Forces Attributable Family Pensions Scheme in addition to the war pensions provisions made by the Department of Health and Social Security. Examples are that a widow of a private soldier with four children would get a total pension from MOD and the DHSS of £3,305 a year, and a widow of a major with two children would get a total pension of £5,025 a year. In addition, there would be lump sum payments of at least £2,598 for the private soldier's widow and £5,678 for the major's widow.
The widows and dependants of Service men killed as the result of terrorist activity are also eligible to claim compensation under the Criminal Injuries to Persons (Compensation) Act (Northern Ireland) 1968 but such awards have to take account of payment of pensions from public funds.
With regard to the dependants of the 13 people who were killed in London-
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Local education authority Number of maintained schools* Number of pupils in maintained schools*† Total of capital school building starts authorised for the period 1st July 1974 to 30th June 1975‡ £'000 Barking … … 73 29,604 100 Barnet … … 120 47,054 1,465 Bexley … … 92 39,229 879 Brent … … 97 44,596 1,212 Bromley … … 123 48,736 1,205 Croydon … … 133 58,134 1,527 Ealing … … 111 47,754 1,238 Enfold … … 106 44,928 922 Haringey … … 97 40,295 1,164 Harrow … … 74 31,951 470 Havering … … 108 47,621 250 Hillingdon … … 101 40,875 895 Hounslow … … 84 35,047 640 derry on 30th January 1972, these amounts have been calculated on the common law basis for the assessment of dependency in the event of death.