§ LORD J. JOICEY-CECIL (Lincolnshire, Stamford)To ask the Secretary of State for War whether officers residing in their private houses and not drawing lodging allowances are obliged to pay for the hire of furniture in the hutment quarters at Crown Hill, Plymouth, until another unit takes over these quarters.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Haldane.) Officers who, with the consent of their commanding officers, reside in private 1259 houses when quarters are available for them in barracks, and thus forego their lodging money, would have to pay the usual rent deduction of 1d. a day, if they are allotted, and make use of a furnished quarter in barracks; but if they do not require to use such quarter, there is nothing to prevent their handing it over to the officer in charge of the barrack concerned. There is no information at the War Office in regard to the special case mentioned.
§ LORD J. JOICEY-CECILTo ask the Secretary of State for War whether officers to whom quarters have been allotted are compelled to pay for furniture hire, whether they occupy them or not, until they are taken over by some other officer.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Haldane.) Officers, so long as they have a furnished quarter on their charge, have to pay a continuous rental of 1d. a day.