Mr. O'NeillTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will state the percentage of each of the accommodation charges listed for quarters outside Scotland on page 29 of the 19 report of the review body on armed forces pay (Cm 936) that was paid in lieu of rates.
§ Mr. Archie HamiltonThe information is as follows:
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Domestic rates elements as a percentage of accommodation charges introduced with effect from 1 April 19891 Percentages Standard of quarter Type of quarter Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 Grade 4 Married quarters (except in Scotland) Officers I 31.3 31.3 31.3 31.3 II 31.3 31.3 31.3 31.3 III 31.8 31.9 31.8 31.8 IV 30.7 30.7 30.7 30.7 V 31.6 31.7 31.6 31.6 Other ranks D 30.2 30.2 30.3 30.3 C 30.0 30.0 30.0 30.0 B 28.3 28.3 28.3 28.3 A 23.4 23.4 23.5 23.4 Single quarters (except in Scotland) Rank Major and above 27.1 27.1 27.4 27.0 Captain and below 29.3 29.4 29.3 28.7
Standard of quarter Type of quarter Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 Grade 4 Warrant Officer and senior NCO 27.3 27.3 27.5 27.0 Corporal and below 25.4 25.5 25.8 25.6 Young servicemen 24.7 24.9 25.2 25.0 1Payable to 31 March 1990.