HC Deb 08 June 1943 vol 390 cc552-3W
Mr. Bellenger

asked the Secretary of State for War whether men in receipt of war proficiency pay lose the extra 6d. a day on being down-graded to category C?

Sir J. Grigg

The grant of proficiency pay to private soldiers was replaced on 30th January, 1943, by a new system of classification according to efficiency but the conditions of classification in Class I are similar to those previously governing the grant of war proficiency pay. A Class I soldier is required to be in all respects physically capable of performing the duties of his rank in the arm of the Service to which he belongs and he is consequently liable to re-classification in Class II if he fails to maintain the minimum standard of physical as well as military efficiency required. A soldier who, owing to down-grading to medical catefory C, can no longer be employed on the regimental duties of his arm or on extra-regimental duties would, however, be transferred as early as practicable to an arm in which his reduced physical standard is acceptable.