§ Mr. Bossomasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give the allowances to officers of all grades made after the last war and the amount of tax that had to be paid in each case where the recipient had no private income.
§ Sir J. AndersonI am not aware that officers were eligible for any payments after the last war other than war gratuities, which were free of tax. The rates of war gratuity were as follow:
Temporary Officers.—124 days' pay for the first year's war service and 62 411W days' pay for each subsequent year's service.
Regular Officers.—The minimum gratuity was £35 for a Second Lieutenant, with larger amounts for officers above this rank. For officers who completed more than 12 months' war service there were additions to the minimum gratuity, of amounts ranging, according to rank from £1 to £3 for officers with overseas service, and from 10s. to £10s. for officers with no overseas service, for each month of war service in excess of 12 months.
Retired Officers, Re-employed.—31 days' pay for every year of war service.