Mr Inglis, Head of CCG Transportation Department, and a prominent railway engineer on loan from LNER, was seeking allowances in excess of £500.  The claim was supported by his railway company who, if he were not satisfied, were proposing to discourage any of their employees from serving on the Commission.  It was decided that the railway company should be asked to continue paying Mr Inglis his usual salary.  They would be reimbursed through the Government’s special war-time arrangements with the railways.  A similar arrangement would be sought in the case of other business people where this was possible.

Mr Carlisle Gifford, Head of COGA Finance Department and based in Edinburgh, was seeking compensation for the time he was obliged to spend on Commission work in London.  A similar arrangement to that of Inglis would be open to public criticism since he was a free-lance and did not normally draw a salary from a business with which the Treasury could make a special arrangement.  In this case, it was agreed that as Gifford would only be required in London for three months, he might be paid the entire annual expenses amount of £500 for this period.

Sir Walter Monckton, who negotiated with the Russians over reparations from Germany, said he had been told by the Lord Chancellor that the post he was being offered was equivalent in responsibility to a High Court Judge, and he therefore considered he was entitled to remuneration at that rate, namely £5,000 pa.  It was decided that there was no alternative to paying this amount.

Metropolitan and Provincial Police appointees were requesting an additional tax-free foreign allowance of 20% of salary, which would exceed Treasury limits.  It was agreed that a special “responsibility allowance” was justified by the more exacting duties police would have in Germany.