HC Deb 12 December 1989 vol 163 cc591-2W
Mr. Nicholas Bennett

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will give the purchasing power of the salary and local overseas allowance of the following ranks

Mr. Archie Hamilton

The information that my hon. Friend has requested is as follows:

stationed in the British Army of the Rhine at 1 April in each of the past 10 years (i) private, (ii) staff sergeant, (iii) 2nd lieutenant, (iv) captain, (v) major and (vi) lieutenant-colonel.

Mr. Archie Hamilton

The purchasing power in Germany of the salaries of service personnel, when taken together with their local overseas allowance, is broadly comparable with the purchasing power of their salaries alone when in the United Kingdom. Local overseas allowance is reviewed regularly to take account of changes in prices, both in the United Kingdom and in Germany, and of changes in the exchange rate.

Mr. Nicholas Bennett

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what are the basic rates of pay for (i) corporal 1st class band 6 on technicians rate of pay, and (ii) sergeant 1st class vehicle mechanic on trade pay.

Mr. Archie Hamilton

Corporal technicians are paid in either band 2 or 3 depending on trade. Their pay also varies with their length of engagement. Sergeants are no longer classified as 1st or 2nd class for pay purposes and their pay rates vary only with pay band and length of engagement. Vehicle mechanics are in pay band 5 or 6 depending on the types of vehicles on which they are trained.

Daily rates of pay introduced with effect from 1 April 1989 for corporal 1st class technicians are as follows:

Band 2 Band 3
£ £
Scale A (less than 6 years) 32.55 35.78
Scale B (6 to 9 years) 32.85 36.08
Scale C (9 years or more) 33.30 36.53

Current daily rates of pay for sergeant vehicle mechanics are as follows:

Band 5 Band 6
£ £
Scale A 35.54 39.07
Scale B 35.84 39.37
Scale C 36.29 39.82