§ Mr. Dalyellasked the Secretary of State for Defence what total bonus payments have been made to sailors of the Royal Fleet Auxiliaries engaged in supplying the task force; and at what percentage rate above basic pay these payments were made.
§ Mr. BlakerTotal bonus payments to sailors of the Royal Fleet Auxiliaries amounted to £4.3 million. This represented a rate of 150 per cent. of earnings.
§ Mr. Dalyellasked the Secretary of State for Defence whether bonus payments have been made to sailors of the Royal Fleet Auxiliaries outside the 200-mile protection zone round the Falkland Islands.
§ Mr. BlakerI refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave to the question by the hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull, East (Mr. Prescott) on 23 November 1982—[Vol. 32, c.472.]