§ MR. BELLAIRS (Lynn Regis)To ask the Secretary to the Treasury, having regard to the fact that the value of War Office land, buildings, and machinery at 172 the Ordnance Factories at Woolwich was £2,272,320 on 31st March, 1906, according to the accounts of the Royal Ordnance Factories, whether he can state what sum was paid in rates in respect of these factories in the past financial year.
(Answered by Mr. Runciman.) The amount paid for rates in respect of the Ordnance Factories at Woolwich for the past financial year was £17,855. The figure given by the hon. Member (£2,272,320) as the capital value on 31st March, 1906, of the Ordnance Factories at Woolwich includes also the factories at Enfield, Waltham, and Birmingham.