§ Mr. Bramallasked the Secretary of State for War how many former members of the Polish Resettlement Corps are receiving ex gratia payments based on their former pay as members of the Corps; what scales of payment are made to them; what is the total sum paid per week; and what is the longest period that any unexpired term of engagement of a former member of the Corps has still to run.
§ Mr. ShinwellSome 1,600 members of the Polish Resettlement Corps are receivingex gratia payments based on what would have been admissible for their category had the Corps not been wound up. The scales of payment vary with the rank held by the individual in the Corps and with his circumstances. For example, privates in receipt of the basic 35W rate, who are unmarried and living in private accommodation, are receiving 7s. 4d. a day; an unmarried lieutenant in similar circumstances is receiving 14s. 10d. a day. Payments made during October averaged some £10,000 a week. Save for one or two individuals, the terms of engagement of all former members of the Corps will have expired in approximately six months.