§ 106. Mr. E. L. Mallalieuasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty in what respects naval rates of pay and allowances are framed to take account of the incidence of sea and shore service.
§ Mr. SoamesThe Royal Navy is of course a sea-going service and rates of naval pay are established on the broad principle of making allowance for the disturbance and separation inevitable in such a service over the whole period of a normal career. Allowances are intended to provide for specific additional expenses incurred, or special discomforts borne, in particular circumstances. For example ration and lodging allowances are granted to personnel ashore who are not housed and fed by the Royal Navy, as they invariably are at sea. Hard lying money—which is paid only to seagoers—is intended to compensate for special circumstances of discomfort in small ships.