§ MR. YOUNGER (Ayr Burghs)To ask the Secretary of State for War if he will state the sums spent on barracks in each of the ten years ending in April, 1906, in England, Scotland, and Ireland, giving the amounts separately in each case.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Haldane.) The figures asked for are shown in the annexed statement:—
| Sums spent on Barracks* in each of the ten years ending in April, 1906, in England, Scotland, and Ireland. | ||||
| Year. | England.† | Scotland. | Ireland. | Total. |
| £ | £ | £ | £ | |
| 1896–7 | 498,630 | 14,774 | 156,538 | 669,942 |
| 1897–8 | 431,141 | 18,868 | 178,168 | 628,177 |
| 1898–9 | 484,223 | 29,645 | 176,676 | 690,544 |
| 1899–1900 | 577,194 | 24,091 | 222,842 | 824,127 |
| 1900–1 | 1,449,343 | 34,360 | 209,437 | 1,693,140 |
| 1901–2 | 964,938 | 24,379 | 264,176 | 1,253,493 |
| 1902–3 | 926,777 | 24,629 | 230,689 | 1,182,095 |
| 1903–4 | 1,398,436 | 23,161 | 231,505 | 1,653,101 |
| 1904–5 | 1,554,673 | 26,959 | 196,736 | 1,778,368 |
| 1905–6‡ | 875,309 | 21,258 | 124,136 | 1,020,703 |
| Total | 9,160,663 | 242,124 | 1,990,903 | 11,393,690 |
| *The figures given include hospitals, hut barracks, and coat of maintenance; also, to some extent, purchases of land for training grounds or rifle ranges, with works thereon. They exclude rents, furniture, fuel and light, cost of staff, &c. | ||||
| †Including Wales and Channel Isles, also a number of general items affecting all home stations. | ||||
| ‡The 1905–6 figures are subject to final adjustments. |