SUPPLEMENTARY PENSIONS AND UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE. Simplification and Revision of Regulations. Memorandum by the Minister of Pensions.

49/ 56/ 5. Rent 6/- 8/- 10/- 14/- 18/- 20/ War Pension 36/2 36/2 38/2 42/2 46/2 48/ Widow and 1 child aged 11. A.B. scale 35/- 37/- 39/- 43/- 47/- War Pension 44/8 44/8 46/8 50/8 54/8 Widow and 2 children aged 11 & 14. A.B. scale 44/- 46/- 48/- 52/- 56/- 58/ War Pension 52/2 52/2 54/2 58/2 62/2 64/ Widow and 3 children aged 11, 13, 15. A.B. scale 53/- 55/- 57/- 61/- 65/- 67/ It will be appreciated that it will be quite impossibl### to defend a position whereby a widow whose husband died from natural causes as a civilian could draw a greater sum from the State than a widow whose husband's death was due to war service or to enemy action.