8.—7 [PT. ll].

SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES, 1942-43.

SOCIAL SECURITY DEPARTMENT.

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(War and other Pensions.) Salaries. Other Charges. Total. VOTE WAR AND OTHER PENSIONS— £ £ £ Subdivision I.—Salaries .. .. .. .. .. 344 278 622 Subdivision III. —Pensions and Annuities .. .. .. .. 150,500 150,500 Gross Total .. .. .. .. .. .. 344 150,778 151,122 Credits-in-aid NET TOTAL .. .. 344 150,778 151,122 Number r- r> p ol Persons ' For Services chargeable on the Consolidated Fund—continued. 1 {{42-43 l ( )4l-42 ORDINARY REVENUE ACCOUNT —continued. VOTE.—WAR AND OTHER PENSIONS. Subdivision I.—Salaries. Salaries— Non-permanents. £ 1 1 Medical Officer (7| months at £150) .. (a) 94 1 1 Member War Pensions Board (at £900) .. (6) 250 344 2 Other charges for and incidental to —■ Grant to officer in lieu of leave on retirement .. .. (c) 278 Total —Subdivision I .. .. .. — 622 Subdivision III. —Pensions and Annuities. Charges for and incidental to — Pensions to civilians (War Injuries to Civilians Emergency Regulations 1942) .. .. .. .. (d) 500 Present war pensions and allowances (additional) . . (e) 150,000 Total—Subdivision III .. .. .. • 150,500 GROSS Total .. .. .. .. .. 151,122 Credits-in-aid NET TOTAL 151,122 (a) Medical officer appointed at £1,100 per annum from 17th August, 1942 ; £950 per annum only provided in Main Estimates. (b) Salary of medical member of War Pensions Board increased by £250 per annum from 1st April, 1942. (c) Medical officer granted three months salary at £950 per annum from 1st September, 1942, in lieu of retirement leave. (d) Provision made for pensions to civilians under War Injuries to Civilians Emergency Regulations 1942. (e) Additional provision to cover increased cost of present war pensions ; new claims are being established at rate of six hundred per month.