§ Mr. R. Morganasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury, in view of the fact that a civil servant earning £850 per annum receives under the new arrangements a war bonus of approximately £50 per annum and that one earning boo per annum basic receives no bonus at all, what is the procedure for Departments who wish to continue their practice of giving an officer earning £850 basic an effective increment of £50 a year after one year's service in return for increased efficiency, experience or responsibility?
§ Mr. AsshetonIt is an unavoidable feature of any bonus scheme which provides for a salary limit beyond which no bonus is payable that officers reaching the limit will get no increase in their total emoluments until the increments on their basic pay have overtaken the bonus. This is well understood by the National Staff Side of the Whitley Council, with whom the recent Civil Service bonus settlement was agreed.
§ Sir L. Lyleasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether, in view of the salary increases to the Civil Service, he proposes to increase the allowances to those householders who have to billet them?
§ Mr. AsshetonThe increase in Civil Service war bonus does not necessarily create a presumption that billeting allowances should also be increased but the scale of these allowances is kept under constant review by the Minister of Health.