§ MR. J. R. YORKEasked the Secretary to the Admiralty, What is the number of men in the Royal Navy who have been punished during the last year by 1399 stoppage of pay; what is the amount of the money so received; and, what becomes of it?
§ MR. CAMPBELL-BANNERMANI am unable to give my hon. Friend the information he asks for in his first Question, because it would take much time and involve a great amount of labour to ascertain the number of men affected by stoppage of pay. If my hon. Friend will turn to the Navy Estimates for this year Vote 1, sub-head H, on Paper 11, he will find that a sum of £9,000 is taken to the credit of the Vote for "stoppages of pay from men when in cells, mulcts, &c." This is an estimated amount based on the experience of recent years, and the sum so estimated is thus deducted from the Wages Vote.