§ MR. CROOKS (Woolwich)To ask the Secretary of State for War if he will state the maximum and minimum number of men engaged in the Royal Arsenal and Dockyard, respectively, for the years 1901 to the present time, and the amount paid in wages during each year; the amount spent on new buildings, plant, and machinery, and the value of old buildings, plant and machinery pulled down or removed during each year of the like period for the Arsenal and Dockyard, respectively; the amount of land acquired since 1901 in connection with the Royal Arsenal; and the amount of work given out to the Arsenal and to contractors, respectively, during the like period.
§ (Answered by Mr. Secretary Haldane.) The information required is shown in the annexed tables:—
1015| Maximum and minimum number of Men engaged in the Royal Arsenal and Dockyard respectively for the years 1901 to the present time,* and the amount paid in Wages during each year. | |||
| Numbers employed. | Wages paid. | ||
| Minimum. | Minimum. | ||
| Royal Arsenal. | |||
| £ | |||
| 1901–2 | 21,959 | 24,616 | 1,978,058 |
| 1902–3 | 19,691 | 22,302 | 1,727,710 |
| 1903–4 | 18,474 | 19,731 | 1,563,378 |
| 1904–5 | 18,198 | 19,463 | 1,484,718 |
| 1905–6 | 17,506 | 18,213 | 1,431,428 |
| Dockyard. | |||
| 1901–2 | 1,332 | 1,705 | 111,985 |
| 1902–3 | 868 | 1,583 | 82,062 |
| 1903–4 | 595 | 769 | 47,872 |
| 1904–5 | 560 | 678 | 44,115 |
| 1905–6 | 477 | 579 | 38,796 |
| Value of old Buildings, Plant, and Machinery pulled down and removed. | ||
| Year. | Arsenal. | Dockyard. |
| 1901–2 | 3,017 | 2,000 |
| 1902–3 | 4,185 | 100 |
| 1903–4 | 6,048 | 1,150 |
| 1904–5 | 8,039 | — |
| 1905–6 | 5,848 | 2,200 |
| Amount of land acquired since 1901 in connection with the Royal Arsenal | 313 acres 1 rood 34 perches. |
| Amount of work given out * to the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, and to Contractors during the years 1901–2 to 1905–6. | |||
| Year. | Amounts. | Total. | |
| Ordnance Factories. | Trade. | ||
| £ | £ | £ | |
| 1901–2 | 3,464,919 | 11,260,337 | 14,725,256 |
| 1902–3 | 3,105,345 | 6,611,277 | 9,716,622 |
| 1903–4 | 2,514,737 | 3,931,037 | 6,445,774 |
| 1904–5 | 2,718,205 | 2,446,453 | 5,164,658 |
| 1905–6 (excluding re-armament, see footnote) | 1,941,434† | l,977,540† | 3,918,974 |
| * The figures given are actual expenditure, exclusive of naval gun mountings, which are mainly manufactured by the trade. | |||
| † These figures exclude work on the re-armament of horse and field artillery, which is being done by the trade in two years, but in the ordnance factories in three years. The amounts under this head for 1905–6 were:— |
| Ordnance factories | £592,739 |
| Trade | £1,463,345 |