Oral Answers to Questions — Royal Air Force. – in the House of Commons at on 28 May 1941.
Lieut-Colonel Sir Arthur Heneage
, Louth Borough
asked the Secretary of State for Air what are the mileage rates allowed for petrol allowance to members of the Royal Observer Corps; and will he give details of any other allowance?
Sir Archibald Sinclair
, Caithness and Sutherland
Members of the Royal Observer Corps, who necessarily use their private cars for travelling between home and the place of duty receive an allowance of 1d. per mile, provided that the distance each way is more than two miles and that public transport is not available. As regards the second part of the Ques- tion, the observers' pay of is. 3d. an hour is an inclusive rate and members of the Corps receive no other allowances in respect of travelling to and from the normal place of duty.
Lieut-Colonel Sir Arthur Heneage
, Louth Borough
Is this penny a mile allowance the same as that given to other members of the Service?
Sir Archibald Sinclair
, Caithness and Sutherland
It is, of course, for a special purpose, namely, for travelling from their homes to their place of duty. For that purpose other members of the Royal Air Force and civil servants receive no such allowance.
Mr Ian Hannah
, Wolverhampton Bilston
Are not the Royal Observer Corps rather underpaid, in view of the magnificent work they are doing?
Lieut-General Edward Fitzroy
, Daventry
That is another matter.
Secretary of State was originally the title given to the two officials who conducted the Royal Correspondence under Elizabeth I. Now it is the title held by some of the more important Government Ministers, for example the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
