26. Brigadier-General SPEARSasked the Under-Secretary of State for War if he will state the number of officers, of what grades, and the pay and allowances of these grades respectively, in the Department of the Director of Staff Duties now and in 1913?
The UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE for WAR (Lieut.-Colonel Guinness)The reply to this question consists of a list of titles and figures, which, with the hon. and gallant Member's permission, I will circulate in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Following is the list:
§ The officer staff of the Directorate of Staff Duties is composed at present as follows:
§ 1 Director with pay and allowances of £2,103 a, year.
§ 6 General Staff officers, 1st Grade, with pay and allowances of £1,335 a year.
§ 10 General Staff officers, 2nd Grade, with pay and allowances of £990 a year.
219§ 7 General Staff officers, 3rd Grade, with pay and allowances of £790 a year.
§ 1 Attached officer with pay and allowances of £700 a year.
§ 1 Quartermaster with pay and allowances of £720 a year.
§ The corresponding staff in 1913 was
§ 1 Director, £1,500 a year consolidated;
§ 3 General Staff officers, 1st Grade, £800 a year consolidated;
§ 9 General Staff officers, 2nd Grade, £650 a year consolidated;
§ 7 General Staff officers, 3rd Grade, £500 a year consolidated;
§ 1 Quartermaster, £300–£15–2400 a year—
§ and part of the time of an Assistant Adjutant-General, whose total pay was £800 a year.