HC Deb 20 December 1955 vol 547 cc306-7W
Mr. Fenner Brockway

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies in which Colonies, Protectorates and Trusteeship Territories there is discrimination on the ground of race in the payment of public servants; and the different rates of payment.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

Generally speaking, there is no discrimination on grounds of race as such. In some territories it is necessary to provide an additional element of salary to attract and retain officers recruited from overseas. The current rates of differential are as follows:

Nigeria, Federation, North, East and West

Inducement addition ranging from £180 to £300.

Gold Coast

Overseas pay ranging from £175 to £350.

Sierra Leone

Expatriation pay ranging from £182 to £350.

The Gambia

Expatriation pay ranging from £180 to £360.

Kenya, Tanganyika, Uganda. Zanzibar and Somaliland

Inducement pay ranging from £150 to £300.

Aden

Pay differential ranging from £180 to £360.

Federation of Malaya

Expatriation pay ranging from £182 to £392 (men), £182 to £371 (women).

Added expatriation allowance for married officers

  1. (a) £56 to £140 if no children.
  2. (b) £112 to £280 if with children.

Singapore

Expatriation pay at the following rates

  1. (a) 15 per cent. of basic salary plus £140 to maximum £350 (men).
  2. (b) 12 per cent. of basic salary plus £112 to maximum £280 (women).

Hong Kong

Expatriation pay ranging from £127 to £337.

North Borneo, Sarawak

Expatriation pay ranging from £140 to £308.

Cyprus

Overseas allowance at rate of 15 per cent. of basic salary.

Gibraltar

Expatriation allowance at rate of 10 per cent. of basic salary.

Western Pacific (British Solomon Islands, Gilbert and Ellice Islands and New Hebrides)

Pay differential ranging from £A390 to £A600 (1312 to £480).

Falkland Islands

Expatriation pay ranging from £100 to £200.

Northern Rhodesia, Nyasaland

Salaries of senior grades of posts are fixed at rates considered necessary to attract and retain European officials and candidates from overseas. Non-Europeans in these posts are normally paid at three-fifths of the full rates. The salaries are now under review.

Notes—

  1. (a) In some of the above mentioned territories the salaries of the higher posts are at a consolidated rate applicable to the holders irrespective of country of origin.
  2. (b) In East African territories some officers not of oversea domicile receive inducement pay.
  3. (c) In some other territories, e.g. the Far East, some officers not of local domicile do not qualify for expatriation pay.