§ MR. LAMBERT (Devonshire, South Molton)To ask the Secretary of State for War if he will state the total number of recruits, excluding colonial forces, and the total military expenditure for each year since 1896.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Arnold-Faster.) The number of recruits for each year since 1896 are as follow:—1897,
| Year. | Expenditure on Votes.¶ | Total. | Expenditure on Works Loans. | Total Expenditure. | ||
| Apart from War. | On War. | |||||
| £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | ||
| 1896–97 | 18,156,520 | — | 18,156,520 | 456,787 | 18,613,307 | (96?97) |
| 1897–98 | 19,528,390 | — | 19,528,390 | 819,132 | 20,347,522 | (97–98) |
| 1898–99 | 20,096,373 | — | 20,096,373 | 974,423 | 21,043,796 | (98–99) |
| 1899–00 | 20,275,398 | 22,790,000 | 43,065,398 | 1,216,207 | 44,281,605 | (99–00) |
| 1900–01 | 26,082,544 | 65,261,000 | 91,343,544 | 1,285,772 | 92,629,316 | (00–01) |
| 1901–02 | 28,528,574 | 64,132,300 | 92,660,874 | 1,749,487 | 94,410,361 | (01–02)‡ |
| 1902–03 | 28,716,627 | 40,146,900 | 68,863,527 | 1,662,294 | 70,525,821 | (02–03) |
| 1903–04 | 29,800,000 | 7,145,000 | 36,945,000 | 3,600,000 | 40,545,000 | (03–04) |
| 1904–05 | 28,830,000 | —† | 28,830,000 | — | 28,830,000 | (04–05) |