§ 55. Mr. Dribergasked the Secretary of State for War if he will circulate in HANSARD a detailed statement showing the rates of local overseas allowance payable in the various theatres to single men and to married men whose wives are living with them at their duty stations, including cases in which the 59W wife remains at one duty station while the husband is posted elsewhere.
DAILY RATES OF LOCAL OVERSEAS ALLOWANCE SINGLE Duty Station General Officer Brigadier Colonel and Lieut.-Colonel Major, Captain and Subaltern Warrant Officer Class I Warrant Officer Class II and Staff Serjeant Serjeant Corporal and below s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Egypt 3 0 2 8 2 4 2 0 2 8 2 4 2 0 1 8 Sudan 3 0 2 8 2 4 2 0 4 0 3 6 3 0 2 6 Cyrenaica Nil Nil Nil Nil 1 1 11 9 7 Tripolitania 2 6 2 2 1 10 1 6 1 4 1 2 1 0 10 Eritrea Nil Nil Nil Nil 1 3 1 1 11 9 Cyprus 2 6 2 2 1 10 1 6 2 1 1 10 1 7 1 4 Malta 3 3 2 11 2 7 2 3 1 9 1 6 1 3 1 0 Gibraltar Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Trieste Nil Nil Nil Nil 9 7 5 3 East Africa 2 9 2 5 2 1 1 9 2 9 2 5 2 1 1 9 West Africa: Gold Coast Nil Nil Nil Nil 4 3 3 9 3 3 2 9 Lagos 2 6 2 2 1 10 10 1 6 4 3 3 9 3 3 2 Nigeria less Lagos Nil Nil Nil Nil 4 3 3 9 3 3 2 9 S. Leone and Gambia 2 6 2 2 1 10 1 6 5 9 5 3 4 9 4 3 Malaya and Singapore 11 9 10 9 9 9 8 9 6 3 5 9 5 3 4 9 Hong Kong 7 9 7 0 6 3 5 6 5 0 4 6 4 0 3 6 Bermuda 18 3 17 0 15 9 14 6 10 6 9 6 8 6 7 6 Caribbean Area 7 6 6 9 6 0 5 3 5 0 4 6 4 0 3 6 60W
MARRIED Duty Station General Officer Brigadier Colonel and Lieut.-Colonel Major, Captain and Subaltern Warrant Officer Class I Warrant Officer Class II and Staff Serjeant Serjeant Corporal and below s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Egypt 18 3 17 0 15 9 4 6 17 0 15 9 14 6 13 3 Sudan 22 3 20 9 19 3 17 9 21 3 19 9 18 3 16 9 Cyrenaica 14 3 13 0 11 9 10 6 14 0 12 9 11 6 10 3 Tripolitania 18 3 17 0 15 9 14 6 15 3 14 0 12 9 11 6 Eritrea 14 9 13 6 12 3 11 0 15 6 14 3 13 0 11 9 Cyprus 19 6 18 0 16 6 15 0 14 0 12 9 11 6 10 3 Malta 13 9 12 6 11 3 10 0 10 6 9 6 8 6 7 6 Gibraltar 12 9 11 9 10 9 9 9 9 3 8 6 7 9 7 0 Trieste 14 9 13 6 12 3 11 0 5 3 4 9 4 3 3 9 East Africa 18 3 17 0 15 9 14 6 16 1 14 10 13 7 12 4 West Africa: Gold Coast 24 0 22 6 21 0 19 6 23 6 22 0 20 6 19 0 Lagos 21 9 20 3 18 9 17 3 22 3 20 9 19 3 17 9 Nigeria less Lagos 21 9 20 3 18 9 17 3 22 3 20 9 19 3 17 9 S. Leone and Gambia 21 9 20 3 18 9 17 3 21 3 19 9 18 3 16 9 Malaya and Singapore 58 9 54 3 49 9 45 3 22 6 21 0 19 6 18 0 Hong Kong 36 0 33 6 31 0 28 6 17 0 15 9 14 6 13 3 Bermuda 33 6 31 0 28 6 26 0 26 0 24 0 22 0 20 0 Caribbean Area 23 0 21 6 20 0 18 6 20 6 19 0 17 6 16 0 The rates shown are those for officers and other ranks in public quarters. Where public quarters are not available higher rates are paid, at most stations, to those living in private accommodation in order to compensate them for the excess cost of this accommodation over the cost in the United Kingdom. When the husband is posted away from an overseas station and his family are unable to accompany him, the difference between the single and married rates of allowance for his rank at his former station may be issued in respect of his family if the family are likely to re-join him overseas within six months.