CIVIL DEFENCE WORKERS. INJURY ALLOWANCES FOR: Memo. by Chancellor of the Exchequer covering.

a Workmen's Compensation entitlement within the same maximum figure. In short to improve the position of the part-timer would not remove but only accentuate anomalies. The limitation in the case of part-time personnel to 13 weeks' supplementation does not, it is believed, reduce the amount which can be paid in a large proportion of the cases. Detailed figures are not available but such evidence as exists indicates that a substantial proportion of part-time Civil Defence personnel who sustain war service inju###ies are able to return to work within a period of about three months.