HC Deb 05 August 1902 vol 112 cc750-4

Resolutions reported:—

Whereas it appears by the Navy Appropriation Account for the year ended the 31st day of March, 1901, and the statement appended thereto, as follows, viz.:—

(a) That the gross expenditure for certain Navy Services exceeded the estimate of such expenditure by a total sum of £288,156 6s. 11d., as shown in Column No. 1 of the Schedule hereto appended; while the gross expenditure for other Navy Services fell short of the estimate of such expenditure by a total sum of £290,951 1s. 4d., as shown in Column No. 2 of the said appended Schedule, so that the gross actual expenditure for the whole of the Navy Services fell short of the gross estimated expenditure by the net sum of £2,794 14s. 5d.

(b.) That the receipts in aid of certain grants for Navy Services fell short of the total estimated receipts by the sum of £41,286 5s. 11d., as shown in Column No. 3 of the said appended Schedule, while the receipts in aid of other Navy Services exceeded the estimate of such receipts by a total sum of £81,862 6s. 11d., as shown in Column No. 4 of the said appended Schedule, so that the total actual receipts in aid of the grants for Navy Services exceeded the total estimated receipts by the net sum of £40,576, 1s.

(c.) That the resulting differences between the Exchequer grants for Navy Services and the net expenditure are

SCHEDULE.
Number of Votes. Navy Services, 1900–1901. Votes. Gross Expenditure. Appropriations in Aid.
Excesses of Actual over Estimated Gross Expenditure. Surpluses of Estimated over Actual Gross Expenditure. Deficiencies of Actual as compared with Estimated Receipts. Surpluses of Actual as compared with Estimated Receipts.
1. 2. 3. 4.
£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
1 Wages, &c., of Officers, Seamen, and Boys, Coast Guard, and Royal Marines 11,357 18 5 9,056 6 3
2. Victualling and Clothing for the Navy 64,885 6 8 24,127 18 4
3 Medical Establishments and Services 7,374 15 2 173 9 9
4 Martial Law 3,925 14 9 130 12 7
5 Educational Services 927 8 11 595 10 2
6 Scientific Services 4,574 5 4 10,060 0 1
7 Royal Naval Reserves 49,731 0 8 80 19 6
8 Shipbuilding, Repairs, Maintenance, &c.—
Sec. 1 Personnel 124 12 5 354 4 0
Sec. 2 Materiel 160,198 4 2 15,655 12 6
Sec. 3 Contract Work 7,777 11 10 22,123 12 6
9 Naval Armaments 190,984 3 9 35,726 14 4
10 Works, Buildings, and Repairs at Home and Abroad 17,206 5 9 1,476 12 9
11 Miscellaneous Effective Services 29,188 11 3 l,441 1 9
12 Admiralty Office 2,918 2 7 7 11 10
13 Half-Pay, Reserved and Retired Pay 16,992 0 10 806 18 5
14 Naval and Marine Pensions, Gratuities, and Compassionate Allowances 954 19 3 1,277 5 9
15 Civil Pensions and Gratuities 3,627 10 7 26 2 4
16 Additional Naval Force for Service in Australasian Waters 42 16 0 28 0 0
Amount written off as irrecoverable 6,315 19 11
288,156 6 11 290,951 1 4 41,286 5 11 81,862 6 11
Net Surplus, £2,794 14 5 Net Surplus, £40,576 1 0
Surplus surrendered to the Exchequer £43,370 15 5

Whereas it appears by the Army Appropriation Account for the year ended the 31st day of March, 1901, and the statement appended thereto, as follows:— as follows, viz.: — Total surpluses, £356,223 0s. 10d.; total deficits, £312,852 5s. 5d.; net surplus, £43,370 15s. 5d.

And whereas the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury have temporarily authorised the application, in reduction of the net charge on Exchequer grants for certain Navy Services, of the whole of the sums received in excess of the estimated Appropriations in Aid, in respect of the same Services; and have also temporarily authorised the application of so much of the said total surpluses on certain grants for Navy Services as is necessary to cover the said total deficits on other grants for Navy Services.

1. "That the application of such sums be sanctioned."

(a) That the gross expenditure for certain Army Services exceeded the estimate of such expenditure by a total sum of £5,028,840 19s. 4d., as shown in Column No. 1 of the Schedule hereto appended; while the gross expenditure for other Army Services fell short of the estimate of such expenditure by a total sam of £4,095,960 2s. 10d., as shown in Column No. 2 of the said appended Schedule; so that the gross actual expenditure for the whole of the Army Services exceeded the gross estimated expenditure by the net sum of £932,880 16s. 6d.

(b) That the receipts in aid of certain Army Services fell short of the estimate of such receipts by a total sum of £267,988 18s. 11d., as shown in Column No. 3 of the said appended Schedule; while the receipts in aid of other Army Services exceeded the estimate of such receipts by a total sum of £1,856,725 18s. 1d., as shown in Column No. 4 of the said appended Schedule; so that the total actual receipts in aid of the grants for Army Services exceeded the total estimated receipts by the net sum of £1,588,73619s. 2d.

SCHEDULE.
Number of Vote. Army Services, 1900–1901. Votes. Gross Expenditure. Appropriations in Aid.
Excesses of Actual over Estimated Gross Expenditure. Surpluses of Estimated over Actual Gross Expenditure. Deficiencies of Actual as compared with Estimated Receipts. Surpluses of Actual as compared with Estimated Receipts.
l. 2. 3. 4.
£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
1 Pay, &c., of Army (General Staff, Regiments. Reserve, and Departments) 2,330,005 5 7 81,366 10 5
2 Medical Establishments—Pay, &c. 285,798 19 1 5,457 16 6
3 Militia—Pay, Bounty, &c. 124,344 10 4 3,266 0 11
4 Yeomanry Cavalry—Pay and Allowances 36,937 3 4 3 0 0
5 Volunteer Corps—Pay and Allowances 59,727 17 11 524 11 0
6 Transport and Remounts 2,322,117 12 9 491,791 3 4
7 Provisions, Forage, and other Supplies 1,208,700 8 5 613,383 3 3
8 Clothing Establishments, and Services 314.612 4 7 74,683 11 3
9 Warlike and other Stores—Supply and Repair 1,033,738 1 7 315,653 10 2
10 Works, Buildings, and Repairs—Cost, including Staff for Engineer Services 1,062,419 4 5 43,061 1 1
11 Establishments for Military Education 3,391 1 1 3,549 7 0
12 Miscellaneous Effective Services 33,280 0 10 347,422 9 10
13 War Office—Salaries and Miscellaneous Charges 38,984 7 9 951 12 8
14 Non-effective Charges for Officers, &c. 198,344 10 6 75,554 7 7
15 Non-effective Charges for Men, &c. 64,843 6 4 68,006 19 10
16 Superannuation, Compensation, and Compassionate Allowances 2,078 3 9 39 12 2
Balances irrecoverable 7,418 3 11
5,028,840 19 4 4,095,960 2 10 267,988 18 11 1,856,725 18 1
Add Excess Vote 100 0 0
4,096,060 2 10
Net Deficit, £932,780 16 6 Net Surplus, £1,588,736 19 2
Net Surplus £655,956 2 8

Resolutions agreed to.

(c) That the resulting differences between the Exchequer Grants for Army Services and the net expenditure are as follows, viz. — Total surpluses, £4,226,776 5s. 7d.; total deficits, £3,570,920 2s. 11d.; net surplus, £655,856 2s. 8d.

And whereas by a Vote of Parliament during the present session (House of Commons Paper, No. 79, of 1902) a further sum of £100 has been granted for the expenditure of the year 1900–1901, and the appropriation of additional receipts in aid of such expenditure has been sanctioned to the amount of £932,780 16s. 6d.

And whereas the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury have temporarily authorised the application of so much of the said total surpluses on certain grants for Army Services as is necessary to cover the said total deficits on other grants for Army Services.

2. "That the application of such sums be sanctioned."