§ Mr. Mainwaringasked the First Lord of the Admiralty what are the billeting allowances made to members of the service; and whether they experience any difficulty in obtaining billets at these terms?
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§ Sir V. WarrenderPursuant to reply —[OFFICIAL REPORT, 19th November, 1941, cols. 361–2, Vol. 326]—supplied the following information:
Accommodation, etc., to be provided. Rates payable. Class I. (a) Officers:— Lodging and attendance. 3s. 0d. a night for the first officer and 2s. 0d. for each additional officer. Note.—An officer will pay for his food. (b) Men:— Lodging and attendance where meals are furnished 10d. a night for the first man and 8d. a night for each additional man. Breakfast as specified in Part I of the Second Schedule to the Army Act. 9d. each. Dinner as so specified 1s. 2d. each. Tea as so specified 3d. each. Supper as so specified 5d. each. Where no meals furnished, lodging and attendance and the means and the necessary utensils for the preparation and cooking of his food. 10d. a night for the first man and 8d. a night for each additional man. (c) Horses:— Stable room and ten pounds of oats, twelve pounds of hay, and eight pounds of straw a day, for each horse. 2s. 3d. a day. Class II. (a)Men:— Lodging (with bed and attendance) when no meals are furnished and no cooking facilities are required, for each man. 6d. a night. (b) Horses:— Proper stabling without forage, for each horse 6d. a day. Class III. (a) Officers and Men:— Unfurnished accommodation in occupied premises for each officer or man. 2d. a night. Unfurnished accommodation in otherwise unoccupied premises, for each officer or man. 1d. a night. (b) Horses:— Accommodation in buildings where proper stabling is not provided, for each horse. 3d. a day.