§ Mr. Bill Walkerasked the Secretary of State for Defence how many near misses have been reported by service aircraft in the last three years in the air space over (a) Perth and Kinross district, (b) Tayside region, (c) Fife and (d) the Grampian region; how many of the incidents reported involved gliders; and at what heights the incidents occurred.
Rank Daily rates of basic pay in cash terms (£) (see note *) Daily rates of basic pay at 1980 prices (£) (see note †) 1979 1980 1981 1982 1979 1980 1981 1982 Private Maximum 13.86 16.05 17.62 18.60 16.11 16.05 15.80 15.63 Minimum 8.68 10.06 10.86 11.34 10.09 10.06 9.77 9.53 Corporal Maximum 17.02 19.68 21.72 22.97 19.79 19.68 19.48 19.30 Minimum 12.81 14.81 16.23 17.08 14.89 14.81 14.56 14.35 Sergeant Maximum 18.39 21.48 23.83 25.29 21.38 21.48 21.37 21.25 Minimum 14.66 17.08 18.84 19.92 17.04 17.08 16.90 16.73 Lieutenant Maximum 16.29 19.14 21.86 23.15 18.94 19.14 19.61 19.45 Minimum 14.73 17.30 19.78 20.95 17.13 17.30 17.74 17.60 Major Maximum 27.47 32.86 36.97 39.72 31.94 32.86 33.16 33.37 Minimum 23.07 27.42 30.97 33.16 26.82 27.42 27.78 27.86 Colonel Maximum 38.73 46.47 52.93 57.53 45.03 46.47 47.48 48.33 Minimum 35.05 42.03 47.89 52.05 40.75 42.03 42.96 43.73 Major General Maximum 45.67 56.16 60.10 68.49 53.10 56.16 53.91 57.54 Minimum Notes *The figures quoted are the rates for male officers and soldiers. The maximum rates for soldiers include the highest level of length of service increment payable to each rank. † The actual rates of pay have been expressed in 1980 price terms by using the general index of retail prices-table 18.8, CSO Monthly Digest of Statistics.