§ Mr. MacdonaldTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what payment and bounties are paid to RNAS and HSF volunteers for training and partaking in exercises.
§ Mr. NeubertRNAS volunteers are not paid in peacetime and do not receive a bounty. They are, however, reimbursed approved travel and subsistence expenses and may qualify for a loss of earnings allowance and a course and exercise training allowance on a daily basis where eight hours or more training are involved. The HSF are paid in accordance with TA rates of pay and receive a bounty of £45 in the first year, £90 in the second year and £150 in the third year, on completion of six days' minimum annual training.