§ Mr. Grovesasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury why all civil servants with the Armed Forces are having their service pay made up to their civil pay when the service pay is less than civil pay while retaining any difference if the service pay is greater, seeing that the service pay and allowances are considered sufficient for other sections of the community; and are temporary civil servants and medical officers attached to, or on the staff of, Government Departments similarly favoured?
§ Captain CrookshankHis Majesty's Government on this occasion have followed broadly the arrangements operative during the last war. Their practice in this respect is in keeping with that of various other large employers, and local authorities were empowered by Parliament to grant balance of civil pay to local government staffs, teachers and police. Temporary civil servants are eligible for balance of civil pay only if they were directly and continuously employed by a Government Department for not less than six months immediately before the outbreak of war, otherwise than on a casual or seasonal engagement. Subject to this condition the position of medical officers would depend on the conditions of appointment in the individual cases.