Ah yes, the old ‘upkeep’ allowance. Designed to cover officers for the cost of maintaining their uniforms.
As you say, wouldn’t even buy socks!
I’m not sure how they even work out that amount?
I consider myself to be very well priced, but I couldn’t price my work within a bracket that the ‘upkeep allowance’ would properly support.
How much do they think it costs to go to a tailor (even a station tailor) and have them adjust/fix/alter/replace uniforms?