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rates of officers' marriage allowance will therefore be increased by 6s. a day if they are not accommodated in married quarters, and by 3s. a day if they are so accommodated, or receive special local overseas allowances designed to protect them against high rents. These provisions are related to conditions which may prove in whole or in part to be temporary and they will' be subject to review should these conditions materially improve. After full consideration we do not feel that, in present circumstances, increases in the basic pay of officers are justified.
The improvements which I have announced, and which I feel sure will be welcomed by all Members of the House, will take effect from today, and my Service colleagues will do their best to ensure that they are put into payment' as quickly as the necessary admini- strative arrangements can be made.
EXTRACT FROM DETAILS CIRCULATED IN OFFICIAL REPORT
III.
MARRIAGE ALLOWANCES (OFFICERS
Married officers aged 25 and over will receive (over the present rates of marriage allowance set out in para. 37 of Cmd. 6750) increases of 6s.
6750) increases of 6s. a day if they are not accommodated in married quarters and 3s. a day if they are so accommodated. Certain officers serving overseas who receive special local allowances which are designed, among other things, to compensate them for the high rents of private accommodation will be treated for this purpose as if they were accommodated in official quarters and will receive the lower rate of increase in marriage allowance. Married officers under the age of 25 will, as at present, receive the highest "other rank" rate of marriage allowance which, as explained above,
is to be increased from 45s. to 56s. a week.
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