HC Deb 05 March 1888 vol 323 cc183-4
CAPTAIN COLOMB (Tower Hamlets, Bow, &c.)

asked the First Lord of the Treasury, If he could state to the House the date of the establishment of the Military Intelligence Department of the War Office; the date of the establishment of the Naval Intelligence Department of the Admiralty; the actual expenditure incurred for the Military and Naval Intelligence Departments respectively since their establishment down to the end of the financial year, 1886–7; the actual expenditure incurred for our Military Attachés abroad between the date of the establishment of the Military Intelligence Department and the end of the financial year, 1886–7; and the actual expenditure incurred for our Naval Attachés abroad between the date of the establishment of the Naval Intelligence Department and the end of the financial year, 1886–7?

THE FIRST LORD (Mr. W. H. SMITH) (Strand, Westminster)

If my hon. and gallant Friend will move for the information he wants, it will be granted as an unopposed Return.