This net increase is associated with a decrease of 2,007,000. in the contribution from the SAMUEL HOARE, H. TRENCHARD. J. F. A. HIGGINS. MAXIMUM NUMBER OF OFFICERS, CADETS, WARRANT OFFICERS, NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS, AIRCRAFTMEN AND APPRENTICES TO BE BORNE ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE ROYAL AIR Vote A. Numbers. This Vote fixes the total number of officers and airmen who may be borne during the year, exclusive of those serving on the Indian Establishment, of those in receipt of pay from non-effective Votes only, and of those lent to Dominion, Colonial, and Foreign Governments. The average numbers expected to be borne on the Indian Establishment during 1928 are 210 officers and 1,823 airmen, whilst the maximum establishment is expected to be 231 officers and 1,866 airmen. The establishment of the Reserve is shown on page 79; and with the exception of the permanent staff the numbers are not included in this Vote. The number to be voted represents the maximum number which may be borne on any one day during the financial year 1928. The decrease in the numbers to be voted, as compared with 1927, is due to reductions in various establishments and to the replacement of Royal Air Force personnel by civilians where such a course has seemed practicable and economical. (29348) A 3 VOTE 1. Pay, etc., of the Air Force. This Vote provides for the full pay and personal allowances of officers and airmen of the Royal Air Force, except personnel serving on the Indian Establishment and those lent to other Governments, or provided for in other Votes. It also includes the pay, etc., of personnel attached from other Services; the salaries and wages of civilians employed at Recruiting Offices, Royal Air Force Depôts, etc., together with marriage allowances of airmen and certain miscellaneous allowances and payments. Other votes containing provision for Royal Air Force personnel are as follows: Experimental and Research Establishments... Medical Branch (with a few exceptions as explained Vote 3 Provision is taken in this Vote (not in Vote 6) for the pay and personal allowances of the staff at the schools of Navy Co-operation, Army Cooperation, Armament and Gunnery, and Photography. The appropriations in aid, including the contribution paid by India in respect of the cost of recruiting and training personnel for the Indian establishment, are shown in detail on page 14a. The increase of 12,000l. in the gross total of the Vote is due to a variety of causes explained under the subheads concerned. The decrease in appropriations in aid is due to the revised arrangements under which only the extra cost of the Royal Air Force in Iraq, Palestine and Trans-Jordan will be recoverable from Civil Votes. VOTE 1. PAY, &c., OF THE AIR FORCE. 1. AN ESTIMATE of the Sum which will be required in the Year ending 31st March 1929, to defray the Expense of the PAY, &C., of the AIR FORCE. Three Million Four Hundred and One Thousand Pounds. (£3,401,000). II. SUBHEADS under which this Vote will be accounted for. |