Coll 29/45(3) 'Conditions of service of personnel serving in the Persian Gulf (Policy and Superior staff)' [‎276r] (551/669)

FOREIGN SERVICE REGULATION No. 4
FOREIGN ALLOWANCES
1. A foreign allowance, or in the case of Heads of Diplomatic
Missions frais de representation, will be assigned to officers
serving abroad..
Comment.
(1) Salary is intended to cover necessary expenditure in the
United Kingdom and to take the first strain of the
cost of living of the officer abroad, foreign allowances
supplementing it to the extent to which the salary
falls short of total necessary expenditure. In
assessing foreign allowances, the following items
inter alia are taken into account: (a) local cost of
living; ( 6 ) expenditure which an officer serving abroad
necessarily incurs, either at home or abroad, over and
above that of an officer of corresponding grade ser
ving in the Foreign Office; and (c) representational
expenditure, i.e., expenditure which, while optional
for a private individual, is obligatory for a member
of the Foreign Service resident abroad by virtue of
his official position.
(2) In the case of officers who were formerly members of
the Consular Service or of the Commercial
Diplomatic Service, foreign allowance replaces repre
sentation allowance, local allowance and any other
cost-of-living allowance.
(3) Foreign allowance is not subject to United Kingdom
income tax.
2. The amount of the foreign allowance to be assigned to an
officer will be determined by the Secretary of State in the light of
the conditions at the particular post.
3. When an officer to whom a foreign allowance is assigned is
absent from his post abroad, such allowance will be paid on the
following basis: —
A. —Officer returning to his Post.
4. When the officer is married and takes his wife and family
(if any) with him and is—
(i) On Duty.
(a) In the United Kingdom.
He will retain the allowance of his post and draw subsistence
allowance for himself only at the rates in force for the United
Kingdom. The position will be reviewed after two months’
absence.
Comment.
The officer will be responsible for the travelling expenses
of his wife and family.