§ Mr. T. Williamsasked the Secretary of State for Air whether he will consider granting similar rates of pay to officers of the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve serving in the administration and special 611W duties branch who are doing identical work to those of the Royal Air Force, especially as most of these officers have sacrificed their civil occupations; and farther, will he publish a list showing what are the corresponding branches referred to in his reply on 8th November, 1939?
§ Sir K. WoodThere is no branch in the Royal Air Force which corresponds with the Administrative and Special Duties Branch of the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. The officers of this branch are required to perform ground duties which would otherwise be performed by regular officers of the General Duties Branch. As officers of the Administrative and Special Duties Branch are not at any time required to carry out flying duties, they are paid at the same rates as officers of the Equipment Branch.
There are corresponding branches in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve to the following branches of the Royal Air Force: General Duties Branch, Equipment Branch, Accountant Branch, Medical Branch, Dental Branch, Chaplains'Branch, and Legal Branch.