§ 54. Captain C. BATHURSTasked the Secretary of Stats for War whether he is aware that in Salisbury and its neighbourhood, where the cost of living is exceptionally high, the allowance for billeting soldiers and munition workers is only 2s. 6d. a day for the first man and 2s. 3d. per day for each additional man; if so, at what date were these rates fixed, and when, in view of the recent considerable increases in the cost of food, it is proposed to revise them?
§ Mr. FORSTERThe question of billeting rates is under consideration.
§ 55. Mr. CAUTLEYasked the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether the 30 scale under which allowances for lodging, board, and washing are now made to nurses mobilised for military service is still the same as that prescribed by the standing orders for the Territorial Force Nursing Service as issued for the year 1912, and, if so, whether by reason of the increased cost of living, he will now take steps to increase such allowances?
§ Mr. FORSTERThe question of increasing the board and washing allowance is under consideration.