HC Deb 10 November 1920 vol 134 c1161
24. Rear-Admiral ADAIR

asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether the separation allowance now paid to seamen of the Royal Navy and to Royal Marines is the same as that paid to the personnel of equivalent ranks of the Army and the Air Force?

Sir J. CRAIG

Separation allowance has now been replaced by marriage allowance. The rates of marriage allowance are identical for the Navy, including Marines, the Army, and the Air Force, and the Regulations as to payment only differ in so far as the conditions of the three Services render some variation necessary.