HC Deb 24 July 1963 vol 681 cc206-8W
Mr. Wall

asked the Secretary for Technical Co-operation whether he will make a statement showing the average super-scale salaries paid to expatriate officers in each of the overseas territories with which Her Majesty's Government has concluded Overseas Service Aid Scheme agreements before or after 1st April, 1961.

Mr. Carr

The table below shows the lowest and highest super-scale salaries (excluding those of Governors and Administrators) in each territory with whom Her Majesty's Government has concluded an Overseas Service Aid Scheme Agreement, together with the average of the two figures, both for the period before 1st April, 1961, and the period after that date.

LOWER AND UPPER SUPERSCALE SALARIES, AND AVERAGE SUPERSCALE SALARIES BEFORE AND AFTER INTRODUCTION OF THE OVERSEAS SERVICE AID SCHEME ON 1ST APRIL, 1961
Territory Before O.S.A.S. After O.S.A.S.
Lower Upper Average Lower Upper Average
£ sterling £ sterling
Aden 1,900 2,800 2,350 2,425 3,500 2,963 (See note (i))
Antigua 960 1,550 1,255 2,100 2,400 2,250
Barbados 1,475 2,750 2,113 1,918 3,575 2,747
Basutoland 1,900 3,000 2,450 2,475 3,960 3,218
Bechuanaland 1,900 3,000 2,450 2,475 3,960 3,218
British Guiana 1,050 2,900 1,975 1,313 3,625 2,469
British Honduras 1,350 2,200 1,775 2,025 3,050 2,538
Cayman Islands 1,200 1,500 1,350 1,560 1,950 1,755
Dominica 1,380 1,550 1,465 2,240 2,450 2,345
E.A.H.C. (E.A.C.S.O.) 2,000 3,300 2,650 2,502 4,125 3,314 (See note (ii))
Falkland Islands 1,350 1,600 1,475 1,680 2,000 1,840
Fiji 1,622 2,973 2,297 2,252 3,941 3,096
Gambia 2,000 3,000 2,500 2,200 3,000 2,600
Gibraltar 1,650 2,600 2,125 1,650 2,600 2,125
Gilbert and Ellice Islands 1,232 2,240 1,736 2,289 3,499 2,894
Grenada 1,380 1,560 1,470 2,240 2,450 2,345
Jamaica 1,400 3,500 2,450 1,820 4,250 3,035
Kenya 2,000 3,600 2,800 2,502 4,500 3,501 (See note (ii))
Mauritius 1,650 3,090 2,370 1,897 3,553 2,725
Montserrat 1,140 1,500 1,320 1,750 2,400 2,075
North Borneo 2,394 3,724 3,059 2,752 4,283 3,517 (See note (iii))
Northern Rhodesia 2,300 4,000 3,150 2,415 4,200 3,308
Nyasaland 2,150 3,450 2,800 2,415 4,100 3,258
St. Kitts 1,000 1,550 1,275 2,100 2,400 2,250
St. Helena 1,400 — — 2,000 — — (See note (iv))
St. Lucia 1,380 1,560 1,470 2,240 2,450 2,345
St. Vincent 1,380 1,550 1,465 2,240 2,450 2,345
Sarawak 2,394 3,724 3,059 2,752 4,283 3,517
Seychelles 1,500 1,950 1,725 2,025 2,632 2,328
Singapore 2,478 3,675 3,076 2,633 3,866 3,249
Solomon Islands (including B.S.I.P., W.P.H.C. and British Services in New Hebrides) 1,232 2,240 1,736 2,289 3,499 2,894
Swaziland 1,900 3,000 2,450 2,475 3,960 3,218
Tanganyika 2,000 3,500 2,750 2,502 3,750 3,126 (see note (ii))
Trinidad 1,500 3,200 2,350 1,875 3,800 2,838
Turks and Caicos Islands 1,200 1,500 1,350 1,560 1,950 1,755
Uganda 2,000 3,500 2,750 2,502 4,400 3,451 (See note (ii))
Virgin Islands 1,285 1,713 1,499 2,100 2,520 2,310 (See note (v))
Zanzibar 2,000 3,000 2,500 2,502 3,750 3,126 (See note (ii))
NOTES
(i) Also £475–£600 High Commission allowance payable from 18th February, 1963 to officers accepting liability to serve anywhere in Federation of South Arabia and in non-Federated parts of the Aden Protectorate. One-third of this allowance is non-pensionable and non-gratuity earning.
(ii) Revised East African salaries were paid retrospectively to 1st April, 1960.
(iii) Of the post 1st April, 1961, salaries £119–£186 is non-pensionable and non-gratuity earning.
(iv) No superscale.
(v) Including exchange compensation.