§ Mr. Braineasked the Minister of Overseas Development whether British expatriates working in developing countries on salaries provided by his Department have yet had those salaries increased as a result of devaluation; when this adjustment will take place in all cases; and if payments will be retrospective to the date of devaluation.
§ Mr. PrenticeThe necessary adjustments, which are retrospective to the date of devaluation, have been notified to the Governments concerned. Where the actual payments are made by those Governments, they will make the adjustments against reimbursement. Where they are made by my Ministry, the adjustments are already being applied to the salaries of newly appointed staff but because of the amount of work involved it may be three to four months before all arrears are paid to existing staff.