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1947 - 0348.PDF
22O FLIGHT 1947 The Air Estimates Strength of the R.A.F. Reduced to 370,000 : Aircraft, Engines, Airscrews and Spares to Cost £42,750,000 ALTHOUGH the number of Votes in the Air Estimates forA\ 1947-48 remains the same (ten), the form in which the JL JL. Estimates are presented differs from that of 1946-47and of pre-war years. To a large extent this is due to the fact that during the war period no financial adjustment was madebetween the Admiralty, War Office, Air Ministry, Ministry of Supply, and Ministry of Aircraft Production. The pre-warpractice of inter-departmental adjustment is being resumed on April 1. The table on this page gives an abstract of the Air Estimatesfor 1947-48 and shows the gross and net sums estimated for the ten Votes, the corresponding figures for last year, thedecrease or increase under each Vote, and the gross and net totals. The gross figure of ^239,186,800 is, of course, the costto the nation, the net figure being the sum left after deduction of various appropriations in aid. ^ A total personnel of .370,000 is estimated to be required for the year. This figure includes officers and airmen of the R.A.F., and of Dominion and Colonial forces serving within the U.K. The number of officers is 34,260 and the number of airmen 335,740 In last year's Estimates the corresponding numbers were 79,250 officers and 080,750 airmen, including 2,200 officers and 11,000 airmen of Allied Air Forces. Reverting to individual Votes in more detail than is given in thetable of abstracts of the Air Estimates, it should be explained that the first figure gives this year's gross estimates. Within parentheseswill be found, first, the corresponding figure for last year, followed by the increase ( + ) or decrease (-.) which the difference between thisyear's figure and last year's represents. Vote 1: Pay, etc., of the Royal Air Force.—Pay, etc., of officers,£17,000,000 (£28,800,000 - £ir,8oo,ooo); pay, etc., of airmen, £44,000,000 (£86,600,000-£42,600,000); pay, etc., of the Women'sAuxiliary Air Force, £2,368,000 (£4,396,000 -£2,028,000); pay, etc., of the Nursing Service, £205,000 (£224,000 -£19,000); pay, etc., of localforces abroad, £257,000 (£260^000 - £3,000); contributions under National Insurance schemes, £1,650,000 (£r,740,ooo -£90,000); wargratuities, £TOO,OOO (£25,500,000 - £25,400,000); post-war credits, £70,000 (£11,500,000 -£11,430,000); extended service bounties to air-men, £450,000 ( + £450,000). It is explained that Air Force personnel who have served in theranks or as officers, 01 both, for a period or periods in the aggregate of not fewer than 180 days between September 3, 1939, and August 15,1946, are eligible for war gratuity for each month of service on full Mr. Philip Noel-Baker, Secretaryof State for Air. pay, and that the gratuity isassessed- on the substantive or war substantive rank held onthe last day of full-pay service. Vote 2: Reserve andAuxiliary Forces.—Pay, etc., of personnel of- the Royal AirForce Reserve, £5,000 (£3,000 + £2,000); pay, etc., of per-sonnel of the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, £325,000(£97/°00 -£228,000); pay, etc., of personnel of the Auxiliary AirForce, £130,000 (£45,000 +£85,000); pay, etc., of personnel of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force/R. list, £30,000 ( + £30,000); grantsto Territorial and Auxiliary Forces, Associations, £50,000 (£15,000 + £35.°°°); Air Training Corps, £162,000 (£185,000 -£23,000); pay,etc., of members of the Royal Observer Corps, £91,300 (£114,000 -£22,700); miscellaneous services, £7,000 (£5,100 +£1,000). Until the present emergency is declared ended, officers and airmenon release from service who do not join the reconstituted R.A.F.R., R.A.F.V.R or A.A.F. are generally liable to recall, but are notunder any training obligation. Those who join one of the non- regular forces undertake a recall liability for a specified period andulso undertake a training liability. Vote 3: Air Ministry.—Salaries, wages, etc., £3,435,500 (.£3,549,000-£113.500). The amounts required by the various departments of the. AirMinistry are as follows: Air Council, £26,170; Secretary of State's Personal Staff, £7,270; Permanent Under-Secretary, £1,586,000; Chiefof the Air Staff, £620,500; Air Member for Personnel, £468,700; Air Member for Supply and Organization, £1,113,700; Air Member forTechnical Services, £221,400; Staff of the Meteorological Office Head- quarters, £236,700; Staff common to all Departments, £468,260.From the total is deducted pay and allowances provided for under Votes 1 and 6 amounting to £1,318,700. Vote 4: Civilians at Out-stations.—Salaries, wages, etc., of worksstaff, £2,000,000 (£2,700,000 -£700,000); salaries, wages, etc., of meteorological staff, £865,000 (£622,000 +£243,000); salaries, wagesetc, of aeronautical inspection staff, £285,000 (£13,100 -£271,900); salaries, wages, etc, of other scientific and technical staff, £70,000.(£57.5°° +£21,500); salaries, wages, etc., of educational staff, £70,000 (£408,000 -£338,000); salaries, wages, etc., of miscellaneous non-industrial staff r £4,852,000 (£4,514,000 +£338,000); wages, etc., ofindustrial employees, £9,658,000 (£10,925,000 -£1,267,000). "Other scientific and technical staff" includes civilian scientific COMPARATIVE ABSTRACT OF AIR ESTIMATES. 1947-48 1946-47 VOTE (A) Maximom number of Officers and Airmen to be maintained for Air Force Service... (1) Pay, etc., of the Air Force ... ... (2) Reserve and Auxiliary Forces ... (3) Air Ministry ... ... (4) Civilians at Outstations (5) Movements (6) Non-Technical Sup- plies (7) Technical Supplies and Services ... (S) Works and Lands (9) Miscellaneous Effec- tive Services ... (10) Nou-Effective Services Total Gross Estimate —- £ 66,100,000 800,300 3,435,500 17,809,000 14,283,000 23,751,000 70,928,000 31,000,000 8,542,000 2,538,000 239,186,800 Appro- priations in Aid — £ 5,800,000 300 2,500 ' 184,000 787,000 1,313,000 12,970,000 3,000,000 1,110,000 20,000 25,186,800 Net Estimate 370,000 £ 60,300,000 800,000 3,433,000 17,625,000 13,496,000 22,438,000 57,958,000 28,000,000 7.432,000 2,518,000 214,000,000 Gross Estimate — £ 159,020,000 464,100 3,549,000 19,239,600 12,894,000 22,006,000 '• 20,983,000 28,970,000 6,572,900 3,128,000 276,826,600 Appro- priations in Aid — £ 9,520,000 100 12,000 781,600 2,010,000 1,106,000 4,109,000 1,420,000 2,359,900 8,000 21,326,600 Net Estimate 760,000 £ 149,500,000 464,000 3,537,000 18,458,000 10,884,000 20,900,000 16,874,000 27,550,000 4,213,000 3,120,000 255,500,000 Net Net Difference Increase — £ — 336,000 — .— 2,612,000 1,538,000 41,084,000 450,000 3,219,000 •— 49,239,000 Decrease .. Decrease 390,000 £ 89,200,0001 — 104,000 833,000 — — — — — 602,000 90,739,000 £41,5001000_ A
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