§ Captain Bernaysasked the Secretary of State for War the changes made in the children's allowances for officers and other 1258W ranks, from September, 1939, up to the present date.
Sir J. GriģģBefore the war an officer was recognised as married for allowance purposes, only if he was married and 30 years of age or over. He then received in respect of his family if he was separated from them by the exigencies of the service a family lodging allowance which varied according to his rank and not to the size of his family. Thedaily rates of family lodging allowance for families resident in the United Kingdom were as follows:
s. d. 2nd Lieutenant 6 0 Lieutenant 6 0 Captain 7 6 Major 7 6 Lieut.-Colonel 9 6 Colonel 9 6 Brigadier and above 11 0 With effect from nth September, 1939, a family lodging allowance was introduced for married officers under 30 years of age which varied, within limits, with the size of the family and not with the rank. These daily rates were
s. d. For wife only 3 0 For wife plus 1 child 4 6 For wife plus 2 or more children 5 6 A new code of family lodging allowance was introduced with effect from 1st January, 1942, for officers commissioned on or after that date. Officers commissioned before 1st January, 1942, who elected to receive allowances under this code were also entitled to this allowance with effect from 1st September, 1941, or the date of their commission whichever was the later. The daily rates for families resident in the United Kingdom were as follows:
s. d. For wife only 4 0 For wife plus 1 child 6 0 For wife plus 2 children 7 6 Each additional child 1 0 With effect from 1st October, 1942, the rates applicable in the United Kingdom under this new code were increased for 1259W captains and below by 1s. 0d. a day in respect of the first child. As from the same date the rates applicable in the United Kingdom under the old code for officers over 30 years of age were increased by 1s. 0d. a day for captains and 1s. 6d. a day for subalterns.
Family Allowance for Sept. 1939 13 Nov. 1939 1 April 1940 4 Nov. 1940 30 Mar. 1942 5 Oct. 1942 s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. 1 child … … … 5 0 5 0 6 0 7 6 8 6 9 6 2 children … … … 8 0 9 0 10 0 13 0 15 0 18 0 3 children … … … 10 0 12 0 12 0 17 0 20 0 25 6 4th child and each subsequent child. 1 0 3 0 3 0 4 0 5 0 7 6