27. Miss. Wardasked the Secretary of State for War what is the percentage of personnel discharged from the Women's Auxiliary Territorial Service since the beginning of the war; and what is the corresponding percentage for the Territorial Army?
§ Mr. EdenDischarges from the Auxiliary Territorial Service have been at the rate of about 2 per cent. a month, mostly on compassionate grounds. I regret that separate figures for the Territorial Army have not been recorded.
| Pay Allowances. | ||||||||
| Daily Rates. | ||||||||
| — | Pay. | *Lodging allowance. | *Fuel and light allowance (average). | *Ration allowance. | ||||
| s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | |||
| Chief commandant | … | 28 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 11d. to 2s. 2d., varying according to circumstances and not according to rank. |
| Senior commandant | … | 19 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| Company commander | … | 11 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | ||
| * Lodging, fuel, light and rations are usually provided in kind. |