§ 26. Colonel Nathanasked the Home Secretary whether he will give, for purposes of comparison, the maximum and minimum pay rates of men prison officers and the corresponding figures for women police constables in the London Metropolitan police; and the weekly pay in each case after 12 years efficient and approved service?
§ Sir S. HoareUnder the existing scale of pay, men officers in the prison service start at 50s. weekly rising to 70s. weekly after 12 years. Women police constables start at 56s. weekly and rise to 80s. in 12 years, but their pay is subject throughout to a deduction of 5 per cent. towards pension. For comparative purposes it is necessary to take into account that while a woman police constable receives a rent allowance of 6s. a week, which is not pensionable, a prison officer receives free quarters or an allowance in lieu, which in London may amount to 20s. a week and part of which is pensionable.