The text on this page has been created from Hansard archive content, it may contain typographical errors.
65.
Mr. Yates
asked the Secretary of State for War the financial cost per week of maintaining a National Service man on active service; and the financial cost per week of maintaining such a soldier during detention.
Mr. Head
The weekly cost of maintaining a National Service man on service outside Europe varies from about £9 to £12 according to the theatre. The corresponding figure for such a soldier in detention in a corrective establishment is £5.