HC Deb 31 May 1946 vol 423 cc242-3W
Mr. Bartlett

asked the Secretary of State for War if the N.A.A.F.I. Council grants any gratuity and terminal leave to men and women on a scale analogous to the benefits given to men of the Forces and women of the Auxiliary Services on their demobilisation.

Mr. Lawson

The majority of N.A.A.F.I. employees serving overseas are commissioned or enlisted into the Armed Forces as R.A.S.C./E.F.I. or A.T.S./E.F.I. personnel and I understand that N.A.A.F.I. pays War Service gratuities on the normal scale in respect of military service overseas. When released under the release scheme R.A.S.C. / E.F.I. and A. T.S. / E.F. I. personnel receive the normal 56 days' release leave plus any overseas service leave to which they are entitled under N.A.A.F.I. rules, except those who were employed by N.A.A.F.I. before the war and continue in its service as civilians after release.