HC Deb 10 July 1928 vol 219 cc2051-2
58. Sir N. GRATTAN-DOYLE

asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether all naval officers lent to the Air Ministry for the Fleet air arm retain their naval

ASSESSABLE VALUES.
I.—Administrative Counties.
Name of Administrative County. Assessable value for the purposes of the Agricultural Rates Act, 1923, according to the Valuation Lists in force in April, 1927.
Urban Areas. Rural Districts. Total.
1. 2. 3. 4.
England (excluding Monmouthshire). £ £ £
Bedford … … … … 690,220 401,414 1,091,634
Berks … … … … 378,529 943,349 1,321,878
Bucks … … … … 557,537 876,172 1,433,709
Cambridge … … … … 432,207 320,314 752,521
Chester … … … … 2,596,298 1,463,567 4,059,865
Cornwall … … … … 599,183 695,158 1,294,341
Isles of Scilly … … … … — 2,859 2,859
Cumberland … … … … 504,049 552,654 1,056,703
Derby … … … … 1,340,579 1,469,446 2,810,025
Devon … … … … 1,210,844 1,221,590 2,432,434

rank; whether on appointment the Air Ministry gives them rank as Air Force officers; and whether, in cases where such officers are junior to regular Air Force officers but senior to them as naval officers, they claim seniority when questions of precedence arise?

Lieut.-Colonel HEADLAM

Naval officers attached to the Royal Air Force for service with the Fleet air arm retain their naval rank, but are given temporary Royal Air Force commissions in addition. Such commissions do not in any way affect their naval status or authority, and if their naval rank is relatively higher than their Air Force rank, they take precedence, but not command, among Air Force officers in accordance with their naval rank.