§ Mr. JOYNSON-HICKSasked the Under-Secretary of State to the Air Ministry whether a distinction is made on demobilisation between those officers of the Royal Air Force who are ex-Royal Naval Air Service and those who are ex-Royal Flying Corps officers; whether the ex-Royal Naval Air Service officer receives 124 days' pay as gratuity for the first year of service and 50 days' pay for every other year's service, but the ex-Royal Flying Corps officer receives the same for the first year and 62 days' pay for the other years; and why there is this difference in the gratuity of officers doing similar work in the same Service?
§ Major-General SEELYBoth temporary ex-Royal Naval Air Service officers and ex-Royal Flying Corps officers receive on demobilisation the same rate of gratuity for the period of their service in the Royal Air Force. The period of their previous service in the Navy or Army is rated for gratuity according to the Regulations of the Admiralty and War Office respectively. The rates for the Navy and Army are as stated in the question.