§ MR. BELLAIRS (Lynn Regis)To ask the Secretary of State for War what has been the cost of the Imperial Yeomanry for each year since the South African war, the establishment of officers and men, the numbers actually enrolled, and the numbers absent from training on the date of inspection.
| State at the dates of the Annual Inspections. | |||||||||
| Establishment.† | |||||||||
| Permanent staff. | Yeomanry. | Permanent staff and Yeomanry. | |||||||
| Officers. | Sergeants | Total. | Officers. | Yeomen | Total. | Officers. | N.C.O.'s and men. | Total. | |
| 1903 | 59 | 295 | 354 | 1,566 | 33,276 | 34,842 | 1,625 | 33,571 | 35,196 |
| 1904 | 59 | 295 | 354 | 1,564 | 26,196 | 27,760 | 1,623 | 26,491 | 28,114 |
| 1905 | 58 | 290 | 348 | 1,538 | 25,752 | 27,290 | 1,596 | 26,042 | 27,638 |
§ (Answered by Mr. Secretary Haldane.)—
| IMPERIAL YEOMANRY. | |
| Cost for each year since the South African War. | |
| £ | |
| 1903– 4 | 525,000 |
| 1904–5 | 536,000 |
| 1905–6 | 497,000 |