§ 72. Sir R. Youngasked the Secretary of State for Air what is the number of officers to whom the 15 batwomen employed by the R.A.F. at Burtonwood, Lancashire, render service; whether any officer has more than one batwoman; and by whom and on what basis was the wage of £3 5s. a week arrived at compared with the wages paid to women workers employed in engineering and other industrial establishments in the Warrington area.
§ Mr. P. Noel-BakerThe 15 batwomen at the R.A.F. station, Burtonwood, Lancashire, with 13 civilian batmen, serve 55 R.A.F. and W.A.A.F. officers. No officer has more than one batwoman. A weekly wage of £3 5s. for civilian batwomen was agreed in November, 1946, between the Air Ministry, the War Office, the Transport and General Workers' Union and the National Union of General and Municipal Workers. The agreement was based upon the wages already being paid to organised domestic workers in industry.