HC Deb 27 February 1978 vol 945 cc95-6W
Mr. Churchill

asked the Secretary of State for Defence how many increases, and of what percentages there have been in local overseas allowances for Her Majesty's forces serving in the Federal Republic of Germany since 1st April 1976.

Mr. Mulley

None. But the Forces fixed rate of exchange for Germany was changed from £1=DM5.50 to £1=DM4.85 on 1st June 1976, and from £1=DM4.85 to its present level of £1=DM4.15 on 1st November 1976. On each occasion the sterling value of LOA was increased so as to maintain the deutschemark value of the average man's LOA and pay.