HC Deb 21 July 1919 vol 118 cc904-10

The rates will be as follows, and will apply generally to officers (including Staff officers) performing duties of the present Flying, Technical, and Administrative branches:

Rank. Pay per diem.
£ s. d.
Cadet 5 0
Cadet, after 1 year 10 0
2nd Lieutenant 18 0
Lieutenant 1 3 0
Lieutenant, after 2 years as such 1 5 0
Captain 1 9 0
Major l 14 0
Major, after 5 years as such l 16 0
Lieutenant-Colonel (rising by 1s. per day after each year to a limit of £2 10s.) 2 0 0
Colonel 2 15 0
Colonel, after 2 years as such 2 18 0
Colonel, after 4 years as such 3 1 0
Colonel, after 6 years as such 3 4 0
Brigadier-General 3 4 6
Brigadier-General, Command Pay 5 0
Major-General 5 0 0
Lieutenant-General 6 0 0
General 7 0 0

Special Rates for Quartermasters.
Rank. Pay per diem.
£ s. d.
Lieutenant, on appointment 19 0
Lieutenant, after 4 years 1 1 0
Captain, after 8 years 1 3 0
Captain, after 12 years 1 5 0
Major, after 15 years 1 10 0
Lieutenant-Colonel 1 15 0
(The establishment of Lieutenant-Colonels will be a very small one.)
Special Rates for Chaplains.
Pay per diem.
£ s. d
On entry 1 0 0
After 3 years 1 3 0
After 6 years 1 6 0
— Up to 8 nights in one place. After 8 nights. Daily absence 5–9 hours. Daily absence over 9 hours.
s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d.
A. Officers of the rank of Colonel (or similar staff grading) and upwards 30 0 15 0 6 0 15 0
B. Officers below the rank of Colonel 22 6 12 6 4 0 11 6
£ s. d.
After 9 years 1 9 0
After 12 years 1 12 0
After 15 years 1 15 0
After 18 years 1 18 0
After 21 years 2 1 0
After 24 years 2 4 0
After 27 years 2 7 0
After 30 years 2 10 0
Chaplain-in-Chief £l,000 per annum.

Temporary Chaplains in the Royal Air Force will receive a gratuity of £50 for each complete year of service, subject to conditions to be hereafter published.

Medical Officers will receive the same rates of pay as may be approved for the Medical Service of the Army.

Pay of Officers employed at the Air Ministry.
Directors £2,000 per annum*
Deputy-Directors,1st Class £1,500 per annum*
Deputy-Directors,2nd Class £1,200 per annum*
*Consolidated Rates.

Other Officers:

Down to and including the rank of Major, Full pay and allowances, plus £100 per annum.

Below the rank of Major, Full pay and allowances, plus £75 per annum.

Rate.

Attached officers.—Full pay and allowances of their rank plus 10s. a day up to three months; thereafter they will come on to the ordinary Air Ministry scale.

Allowances.

The allowances will be as given below, and will be reviewed periodically:

Table Money.—Is under consideration.

Subsistence and travelling allowances.

Lodging, fuel, light and ration allowances (Home Stations).

The standard rates will be as follows—

— Lodging. Fuel and Light (average). Rations.
Per diem. Per diem. Per diem.
2nd Lieutenants and Lieutenants … 3s. 6d. 1s. No change
Captain, Major and Lieutenant-Colonel … 4s. 6d. 2s. No change
Other officers … No change. Increase of 1s. per diem. No change

NOTE.—Married officers over 30 years of age, for whom no married quarters are available and who are therefore obliged to provide accommodation for themselves and for their families, may draw lodging, fuel, and light allowances.

Servants Allowance.

2s. for each authorised servant at home and abroad if no servant is provided.

Field Allowance.

To be granted to all officers on active service in the field, and to be issuable whenever officers are under canvas. The rate is still under consideration.

Children's Allowance.

Existing rates of children's allowance will continue until the end of 1919, after which they will be abolished. In the meantime children's allowance will be continued, and officers now receiving the allowance will not become ineligible for it if the effect of the increases in pay now granted is to raise their salaries beyond the limit of income laid down for the grant of the allowance.

Colonial Allowance.

The same as for the Army.

Conveyance of Families.

The cost of conveying the wives, families, and baggage of officers will be charged to the public only in respect of changes of station in this country.

Furniture Allowance and Charges.

Furniture allowance and furniture charges are abolished. In future all quarters, including the commanding officer's quarters, will be furnished.

Mess Allowance.

This allowance is abolished.

Travelling Concessions.

The question of the continuation

  1. (a) Of the rule allowing officers proceeding on leave two free passes a year,
  2. (b) Of the reduced fare for officers travelling on leave, is still under consideration.

Pensions.

(Applicable to officers performing duties of the present Flying, Technical, and Administrative Branches.)

A.—General Officers.

Lieut.-General.—£975 after twenty-four years' service, increased by £22 for each year beyond twenty-four, with a maximum of £1,195.

Major-General.—£790 after twenty-two years' service, increased by £22 for each year beyond twenty-two, with a maximum of £1,010.

Brigadier-General.—£650 after twenty years' service, increased by £22 for each year beyond twenty, with a maximum of £950.

An officer must complete three years' service in any of these ranks before being entitled to the special pension attaching to it. This condition will not, of course, affect his title to the pension earned by service in the ordinary way, and an officer may reckon service as lieut.-general or major-general towards his service in a lower rank if that would entitle him to special pension for that lower rank.

B.—Colonels and lower ranks.

There will be a minimum qualifying; period for pensions—twenty years.

Subject to this the scale is as follows:

— Age. Retired pay. Service. Addition for each extra year of service.* Reduction for each deficient year of service.*
£
55 790 24 22 15
Colonels retire at 55, maximum retired pay, £900 54 765 24 22 15
53 742 28 22 15
52 720 23 22 15
51 697 22 22 15
50 675 22 15 15
Lieut.-colonels retire at 48, maximum retired pay, £600. 49 637 21 15 15
48 600 21 15 15
47 562 20 15 15
46 525 20 15 15
Majors retire at 45, maximum retired pay, £450. 45 487 19 15 15
44 450 19 15 15
43 412 18 15 15
42 376 18 15 15
Captains and subalterns retire at 40, maximum retired pay, £400. 41 387 17 15 15
40 300 17 15 15
* Limited to 5 years.

Gratuities to officers who retire before qualifying by length of service for Service pensions:

A gratuity of £75 for each completed year of service will be awarded, with a maximum of £1,000, provided that no officer is to be allowed to resign with a gratuity unless he has completed ten years' service.

While these pension scales will be applicable generally to officers appointed to perform the duties of the present Flying, Technical, and Administrative Branches, including chaplains, the following will be dealt with under special Regulations, which will shortly be issued:

Officers seconded from the Navy and Army. Officers who may be appointed as quartermasters on the special quartermasters' rates of pay.

Commissioned warrant officers, warrant officers and ratings from the Royal Navy on regular engagements who have been given temporary commissions in the R.A.F.

Warrant officers, non-commissioned officers, and men from the Army on regular engagements who had been given commissions in the Army or were given temporary commissions in the R.A.F.

It should also be noted that these scales do not apply to specialist services such as medical and dental officers, pay officers, and schoolmasters.

Notes.

1. The application of these standard rates of pay, pensions, and allowances to the existing and future personnel will be carried out under administrative Regulations which will shortly be published.

2. The new rates will begin to take effect from the date of the first Gazette containing the names of officers appointed to permanent and short-service commissions in the Royal Air Force. They may begin at somewhat later dates for officers not dealt with in the first Gazette.