AIR RAID VICTIMS
BRITISH COMPENSATION SCHEME. (By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright) LONDON, July 25. Under an amended compensation scheme all civilians in Britain employed for gain are insured against injury resulting from air raids or enemy invasion, a temporary allowance being granted to those incapacitated for a week or more. There is also a pension with a family allowance for prolonged disablement or death. The new scheme has increased the injury allowance and pension in order to meet the rise in the cost of living. Married men receive an injury allowance of 33s a week, compared with 30s under the old scheme. A man with two children receives 41s instead of 36s and a man with two children who is totally disabled receives 53s lid instead of 45s lOd. Children’s allowances are being increased from a flat rate of 3s to 4s foi each of the first two children and 3s for all others. There is no means test attached to the scheme. Nearly 6000 civilian cases have already been considered, mostly voluntary workers hurt during fire brigade practices or in collisions in blackouts, and 127 pensions have been granted.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 26 July 1940, Page 5
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189AIR RAID VICTIMS Wairarapa Times-Age, 26 July 1940, Page 5
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