HC Deb 02 June 1908 vol 189 cc1690-1
MR. FIELD

To ask the Secretary to the Treasury whether the old Colonial Audit Branch men now serving abroad had their prospects as local auditors and assistant auditors confined to a minimum of £300 and a maximum of £600 a year; whether those of them who elect to enter the newly amalgamated Department will have home scales of pay open to them up to £1,000 a year; if so, will he explain the statement of the Comptroller and Auditor-General to the effect that such officials will in future have their pensions calculated on the home scales of pay instead of, as heretofore, on the higher Colonial rates.

(Answered by Mr. Hobhouse.) The statement of the Comptroller and Auditor- General had reference to existing conditions, not to remote contingencies. Members of the old Colonial Audit Branch (who were in receipt of salaries varying from £300—£700 per annum, and entitled to be pensioned on those actual salaries) would, on accepting the new terms, be eligible for a pension on rates of pay rising from £100—£350 per annum only. The answer to the second part of the Question is in the affirmative.

Colony or Protectorate. Appointment. Old rate of pay. Local allowance, now applicable in addition to E. and A. D. salary.
£ £
Gold Coast Local auditor 400–20–500 200
Assistant auditors 300–10–400 150*
Southern Nigeria Local auditor 550–20–700 300
Assistant auditors 300–10–400 150*
Cyprus Local auditor 400–20–500 200
Sierra Leone Local auditor 400–20–500 200
Assistant auditors 300–10–400 150*
Gibraltar Local auditor 300–10–350 150
Gambia Local auditor 300–10–400 150*
Uganda Local auditor 400–15–500 200
Assistant auditors 300–10–400 150
Nyassaland Local auditor 400–15–500 200
Assistant auditors 300–10–400 150
East Africa Local auditor 550–20–700 300
Assistant auditors 300–10–400 150
Northern Nigeria Local auditor 400–20–500 200
Assistant auditors 300–10–400 150*
Hong Kong Local auditor 650–20–800 300
Assistant auditors 300–10–400 150
* With minimum, of £300 in respect of salary plus allowance.