PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Armed Forces: Pay (4 June 2014)

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what annual percentage increases in starting rates of pay (a) lieutenant colonels, (b) majors, (c) captains, (d) lieutenants, (e) sergeants, (f) corporals and (g) privates in the Army have received since 1982.

Asked by:
Stephen Doughty (Labour)

The annual percentage increases awarded by the Armed Forces Pay Review Body for the starting rates of pay of the specified ranks are shown in the table below. There was no annual percentage increase in 2011 and 2012 but all privates were awarded a £250 rise.

Answered by:
Anna Soubry (The Independent Group for Change)
16 June 2014