HC Deb 21 February 1978 vol 944 c608W
Mr. Churchill

asked the Secretary of State for Defence how many increases there have been, and of what percentage, in local overseas allowance for the Armed Forces and Civil Service, respectively, since 1st April 1976.

Mr. Mulley

Rates of LOA reflect differences between costs in the United Kingdom and those in a particular overseas theatre. The pattern of change on review varies from theatre to theatre and could not be expressed in percentage terms.

Civil servants are paid foreign service allowance (FSA), not LOA, and Questions about FSA are for my hon. Friend the Minister of State, Civil Service Department to answer.