§ Mr. AingerTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) if he will give a detailed breakdown of the salary and allowances, including additional United Nations allowances, paid to each rank of British service men serving with UNPROFOR;
748W(2) pursuant to his answer of 7 February, Official Report, columns 112–13, if he will set out in detail the information he has received from or concerning all other countries participating in UNPROFOR giving the scale of additional United Nations allowances for their service men in pound sterling terms;
(3) pursuant to his answer of 7 February, Official Report, columns 112–13,if he will set out in detail the nformation he has received from or concerning all other countries participating in the UNPROFOR mission giving the pay scales for their service men in pound sterling terms.
§ Mr. HanleyThe current United Kingdom rates of salary for all ranks up to and including brigadier are set out in appendix 4 to the 22nd report of the Review Body on Armed Forces Pay—HMSO Cm 2150—a copy of which is in the Library of the House.
The current annual salary of a lieutenant general, who is the only officer above the rank of brigadier serving with UNPROFOR, is £60,600 per year.
Allowances paid to United Kingdom service personnel serving overseas, including the former Yugoslavia, are largely determined by rank and marital status. Married personnel involuntarily separated for more than 30 days receive a separation allowance of £3.50 per day. In addition, both married and single personnel serving in the former Yugoslavia are exempt from local food and accommodation charges. Single personnel are also exempt from the contribution in lieu of council tax. Although the cost of living in the former Yugoslavia does not justify the payment of a local overseas allowance, personnel posted from areas such as Germany where such payments are made retain a residual allowance in recognition of their continuing financial commitments at their permanent duty station. Married personnel retain 70 per cent. and single personnel 40 per cent. All personnel also receive a telephone allowance of £13.50 per month which is designed to contribute to the cost of one three-minute phone call each week.
All service personnel, irrespective of rank and nationality, serving under United Nations auspices in the former Yugoslavia receive exactly the same United Nations allowance of $1.28 per day plus a lump sum of $73.50 towards rest and recreation leave. This equates currently to £0.82 per day and £46.90 respectively. Other national contingents serving in the former Yugoslavia do not receive any additional United Nations allowances. It would not be appropriate for me to give details of information provided on a confidential basis concerning the pay arrangements for the contingents of other countries serving in the former Yugoslavia.