Expenditure under the Military Works Acts.

HC Deb 30 March 1905 vol 143 cc1710-1

MR. BUCHANAN (Perthshire, E.)

To ask the Secretary of State for War what is the amount spent under the Military Works Acts during the current year; and what is the estimated amount to be spent under these Acts for the ensuing year.

(Answered by Mr. Secretary Arnold-Forster.) The expenditure for the year ending 31st March, 1905, will amount to about £3,370,000. The expenditure to be incurred in 1905–6 is still under consideration.