§ 10. Colonel YATEasked the Secretary of State for India whether members of the Indian Civil Service whose services have been placed at the disposal of the War Office receive the same rates of pay whether serving in East Africa, Mesopotamia, Palestine, Egypt, Italy, France, or the Mediterranean, or whether there is any differentiation; and, if there is a differentiation, whether there is any reason why the same rule should not equally apply to all?
§ The FINANCIAL SECRETARY to the WAR OFFICE (Mr. Forster)Indian Civil servants giving military service under the War Office are, as a general rule, in receipt of Indian Civil furlough pay, plus the standard military emoluments of a British officer in the area in which they serve. If the hon. and gallant Member has in mind any particular case in which the treatment appears to him to be anomalous, I shall be happy to inquire into it.
§ Colonel YATEWill the right hon. Gentleman inquire whether officers serving on the East of the Suez Canal get a different rate of pay from those serving on the West of the Suez Canal?
§ Mr. FORSTERI will make inquiries.