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Family Allowance - Coast Guard

1917 08 10
Family Allowance - Coast Guard
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 8th day of August, 1917.

Present, The King's Most Excellent Majesty in Council.

Whereas there was this day read at the Board a Memorial from the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, dated the 1st day of August, 1917, 3n the words following, viz. :-

Whereas by Section 3 of the Naval and Marine Pay and Pensions Act, 1865, it is enacted, inter alia, that all pay, pensions, or other allowances in the nature thereof, payable in respect of services in Your Majesty's Naval or Marine Force to a person being, or having been, an Officer, Seaman, Or Marine therein, shall be paid in such manner, and subject to such restrictions, conditions, and provisions, as are, from time to time, directed by Order in Council:

And whereas we consider it desirable that a Family Allowance should be paid during the period of the present War to Chief Officers of Your Majesty's Coast Guard, who rank with Warrant Officer, R.N., and to Ratings of Your Majesty's Coast Guard below the rank of Chief Officer, in respect of their children under the age of 14, or, in the event of such Officers or Ratings being detached from their proper Stations for duty elsewhere, to their families:

And whereas we are of opinion that provision should be made for the Widow and Child or Children, if any, of each such Officer and Man for a period of 26 weeks from the date on which notification of his death is sent, on the same scale as is provided for the benefit ,of Widows and Children of Seamen and Marines under Paragraph 5 of Your Majesty's Order in Council bearing date the 10th day of January last

We beg leave humbly to recommend that Your Majesty may be graciously pleased, by Your Order in Council, to, sanction payment of such Allowances at rates not exceeding those set forth in the Schedule annexed, to take effect from the 28th. day of June, 1917.

The Lords Commissioners of Your Majesty's Treasury have signified their concurrence in this proposal.

Schedule.

A Family Allowance may be paid to Chief Officers of Coast Guard, ranking with Warrant Officer, R.N., and to Ratings below the rank of Chief Officer during residence at their proper Stations at the following rates:

if there be one Child under 14 years of age - 3s. 6d. per week.
if there be two Children under 14 years of age - 7s. 0d. per week.
for each additional Child under 14 years of age an additional 2s. 0d. per week.

This Allowance may be increased by 3s. a week, and paid to some Member of the Household for each complete period of 7 days or more during which the Officer or Man was detached on duty from his proper Station, provided that he be not in receipt of Subsistence Allowance, and that he declare an allotment of not less than 20s. a week, in the case of an Officer, and not less than 5s. a week in the case of a Rating, for payment concurrently with the Allowance.
In the event of the death of any such Officer or Man, Family Allowance will cease to be payable as from the Thursday following the date of death, and there may be granted to the Widow and Children, if more beneficial to them than the pension for which they would otherwise be eligible under the Regulations issued by the Minister of Pensions, Separation Allowances at the rates provided in Orders in Council dated the 10th January, 1917, and the 13th March, 1917. Such Separation Allowance will be paid concurrently with the allotments in force at the dates of death of the Officers and Men concerned, or, if there he no allotment in force at the date of death, concurrently with such assumed allotment as may, having regard to the circumstances of the case, appear to the Admiralty to be reasonable.

His Majesty, having taken the said Memorial into consideration, was pleased, by and with the advice of His Privy Council, to approve of what is therein proposed. And the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty are to give the necessary directions herein accordingly.
Almeric FitzRoy.

1918 09 27
Family Allowance - Coast Guard
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 27th day of September, 1918.

Present, The King's Most Excellent Majesty in Council.

Whereas there was this day read at the Board a Memorial from the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, dated the 11th day of September, 1918, in the words following, viz.:

And whereas by Your Majesty's Order in Council bearing date the 8th day of August, 1917, certain rates of Family Allowance are prescribed for the benefit of Chief Officers of Your Majesty's Coast Guard who rank with Warrant Officer, R.N., and of Ratings of Your Majesty's Coast Guard below the rank of Chief Officer, in respect of their children under the age of 14, or, in the event of such Officers or Ratings being detached from their proper Stations for duty elsewhere, for the benefit of their families:

And whereas we are of opinion that the said rates of Family Allowance should in all cases be increased by the sum of 3s. 6d. a week:

And whereas we are further of opinion that Divisional Chief Officers and Chief Officers of Your Majesty's Coast Guard, who rank with Commissioned Warrant Officer, R.N., or the families of such Officers, should receive Family Allowance at the same rates, and subject to the same conditions, as Chief Officers ranking with Warrant Officer, R.N., and the families of such Officers:

And whereas we are further of opinion that Divisional Chief Officers, Chief Officers, and Ratings of Your Majesty's Coast Guard who have a wife, a dependant or dependants resident with them at their proper Stations, but have no child or children under the age of 14 years, should receive a Family Allowance of 3s. 6d. a week:

And whereas we consider that the grant of the Allowances sanctioned under Your Majesty's Order in Council of the 8th day of August, 1917, should no longer be contingent upon the declaration of an allotment of not less than 20s. a week in the case of an Officer, and 5s. a week in the case of a Rating, as prescribed in Paragraph 2 of the Schedule to the said Order :

We beg leave humbly to recommend that Your Majesty may be graciously pleased, by Your Order in Council, to rescind so much of Paragraph 2 of the Schedule to Your Order in Council bearing date the 8th day of August, 1917, as relates to the declaration of allotments by Chief Officers and Men in Your Majesty's Coast Guard, and to sanction the payment from public funds of Allowances at rates not exceeding those set forth in the Schedule hereto; provided, however, that no Allowance therein prescribed shall be paid (a) with effect from a date earlier than the 4th day of October, 1917, or (b) concurrently with Family Allowance under Your Order in Council of the 8th August, 1917, or Separation Allowance under Your Orders in Council of the 10th January, 1917, and 13th March, 1917, or any other Order.

The Lords Commissioners of Your Majesty's Treasury have signified their concurrence in these proposals.

Schedule.

Family Allowance may be paid to Divisional Chief Officers, Chief Officers, and Ratings of the Coast Guard during residence at their proper Stations at the following rates:

If there be one child under 14 years of age, 7s. a week;
If there be 2 children under 14 years of age, 10s. 6d. a week;
And for each additional child under 14 years of age an additional 2s. per week.

This Allowance may be increased by 3s. a week and paid to some member of the household for each complete period of 7 days or more during which the Officer or Man is detached on duty from his proper Station provided that he be not in receipt of Subsistence Allowance.
A Family Allowance may be paid to all Divisional Chief Officers, Chief Officers, and Ratings of the Coast Guard who have no children under 14 years of age, but have a wife, a dependant or dependants resident with them at their proper Stations, at the rate of 3s. 6d. a week.
In the event of the death of any such Officer or Man, Family Allowance will cease to be payable as from the Thursday following the date of death, and there may be granted to the widow or other dependant who was resident with the Officer or Man at his proper Station, if more beneficial to them than the pension for which they would otherwise be eligible under the Regulations issued by the Minister of Pensions, Separation Allowances at the rates provided in Orders in Council dated the 10th January, 1917, and 13th March, 1917. Such Separation Allowance will be paid concurrently with the allotment, if any, in force at the date of death of the Officer or Man concerned, or, if there be no allotment in force at the date of death, concurrently with such assumed allotment as may, having regard to the circumstances of the case, appear to the Admiralty to be reasonable.

His Majesty, having taken the said Memorial into consideration, was pleased, by and with the advice of His Privy Council, to approve of what is therein proposed.

And the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty are to give the necessary directions herein accordingly.
Almeric FitzRoy.

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