§ MR. BELLAIRS (Lynn Regis)To ask the Secretary to the Admiralty what is the total accommodation of the Naval and Marine Barracks respectively in the United Kingdom and abroad, exclusive of coastguards; and in how many cases disciplinary powers for punishment over more than 2,000 men are vested in the hands of one Naval or Marine officer.
§ (Answered by Mr. Edmund Robertson.) The total accommodation in the United Kingdom is as follows:—Naval Barracks—539 commissioned officers, 16,588 warrant officers and petty officers and seamen. Marine Barracks—217 commissioned officers, 7,060 warrant 978 officers, non-commissioned officers and men. Abroad:—Marine Barracks—Thirteen commissioned officers, 543 warrant officers, non-commissioned officers, and men. As regards the second part of the Question, this condition only obtains in the Royal Naval Barracks at Portsmouth, Devonport, and Chatham.