§ 5. Mr. DINGLE FOOTasked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether any part of the increase of pay of 1s. weekly, awarded to a prison warder in the Scottish prison service under the Prison Officers' Pay Committee Report, 1923, is withdrawn when the officer is transferred from a prison to the lunatic department; and what allowance he receives under the said report in addition to his former prison pay on joining the lunatic department?
§ Sir G. COLLINSUnder the report referred to warders serving in Scottish prisons on 27th July, 1923, were allowed, in lieu of certain miscellaneous payments, an increase of 1s. a week within the scale of pay; and the special allowance payable to warders serving in the criminal lunatic department was increased to 3s. a week. These allowances are not payable concurrently to the same officer; and consequently a prison warder transferred to the criminal lunatic department would cease to receive the increase of 1s. a week, but would become entitled to the special allowance of 3s. a week.