§ Mr. Steelasked the Prime Minister if she will make a statement on the level of take-home pay received by British civil servants working in West Germany relative to their British based counterparts.
§ The Prime MinisterBritish civil servants serving in West Germany receive a supplement to salary known as foreign service allowance. This compensates for the extra cost of having to live outside the United Kingdom in order to perform their duties. The allowance is adjusted to reflect movements in local prices or exchange rates to ensure that the purchasing power of take-home pay and the allowance can maintain a standard of living which is at least equivalent to that of civil servants in the United Kingdom.