§ Mr. Mainwaringasked the Secretary of State for Air what are the billeting allowances made to members of the Service; and whether they experience any difficulty in obtaining billets at these terms?
§ Sir A. SinclairThe rates payable to billetors from public funds for billeting R.A.F. personnel under the Air Force Act are as follow:
Lodging and attendance for officers; three shillings a night for the first officer and two shillings a night for each additional officer. For airmen: tenpence a night for the first airman and eightpence for each additional airman. Meals for airmen are paid for at the rates of nine-pence for breakfast, one shilling and twopence for dinner, threepence for tea and fivepence for supper.
Billets for Royal Air Force personnel are found by the police and no practical difficulty in obtaining them has arisen.