§ 85. Mr. DIXONasked the Secretary of State for India if the Indian Government promised that all officers sent to Mesopotamia and France should receive the Indian rate of pay; whether officers still serving in France are not still receiving Indian pay; and will he say why the officers taken prisoners at Kut, or rather their relatives, have been informed by the India Office that they will be put on English pay after June?
§ Mr. REA (Lord of the Treasury)My right hon. Friend has asked me to answer this question. British service officers sent out of India since the outbreak of war receive Indian pay while on active service. If invalided, they receive Indian pay for three months before reverting to British pay. This is a concession made with the concurrence of the War Office. Similarly, if taken prisoners, they are allowed Indian pay for the first sixty-one days. British officers belonging to the Indian Army are treated similarly. That is, if prisoners of war, they receive full pay for the first 851 sixty-one days. After that they receive Indian Army leave pay, or the pay and allowances of a British service officer of the same rank, whichever is greater.