HC Deb 09 February 1970 vol 795 cc283-4W
Mr. Bryant Godman Irvine

asked the Minister of Overseas Development if she will state, for each general scheme of compensation for permanent and pensionable officers in each territory to date, the maximum compensation payable expressed in £ sterling and, where relevant, the post-devaluation value, the number entitled and the percentage of officers who were or are eligible for maximum compensation.

Mr. Whitaker

Details of the maximum compensation payable under general schemes introduced to date are set out below. The sterling sums quoted were not affected by devaluation.

Considerable research will be required to provide approximations of the number of entitled officers in each territory and the percentage eligible for maximum compensation. I will send the hon. Member such details as are available when this research has been completed.

£ (Sterling)
Sudan 8500
Ghana 8000
Federation of Malaya 11000
Somalia 10000
Cyprus 12000
Brunei 11000
Nigeria 9000
Sierra Leone 9500
Tanganyika 12000
Zanzibar 12000
East African Common Service Organisation 12000
West Indies Federation (Dissolution) 11000

£ (Sterling)
Jamaica 9500
Trinidad & Tobago 9500
Uganda 12000
Singapore 11900
Sabah 12000
Sarawak 12000
Kenya 12000
Malawi 12000
Zambia 12000
Gambia 11500
Guyana 11400
Botswana 12000
Lesotho 12000
Barbados 9500
Antigua 9500
St. Christopher 9500
Nevis
Anguilla
St. Lucia 9500
Dominica 9500
Grenada 9500
Mauritius 12000
Aden 13200
Swaziland 14000
Bahamas No Maximum
St. Vincent 9500

Mr. Bryant Godman Irvine

asked the Minister of Overseas Development if she will set out in £ sterling at the post-devaluation value a comparative table showing the maximum gross pensionable emoluments of equivalent posts for permanent and pensionable officers, including heads of departments and other super-scale posts, the top of the professional scale and the top of the semi-professional scale; and if she will state for each scheme of compensation introduced so far the maximum compensation factor.

Mr. Whitaker

It would be very difficut and possibly misleading to attempt to establish any true comparability between the various scales in force at different times in the 36 countries and administrations in which compensation schemes have been introduced since 1955. If the hon. Member will let me know of any country in which he is specifically interested I will be glad to endeavour to have the relevant information compiled and sent to him.