§ MR. HAROLD COXTo ask the President of the Board of Education what would be, approximately, the saving on the Vote for Elementary Education in the forthcoming year if no grant were paid on account of children under four years of age, and what would be the saving if no grant were paid on account of children under five years of age.
(Answered by Mr. McKenna.) The average attendance of children under five years during the statistical year ending 31st July, 1907, was 367,206. The numbers have been decreasing, and it may be assumed that the average attendance of such children on which grant will become payable in 1908–9 will be about 300,000. If this average attendance were disallowed for the purpose of all grants, the saving on the Vote would be about £577,000. No
| Total Naval Expenditure and Expenditure on New Construction and Armament of France, Germany, and Russia for the years 1906 and 1907. | |||
| Country. | Year. | Total Expenditure. | Expenditure on New Construction and Armament. |
| £ | £ | ||
| France (financial year, 1st January to 31st December) | 1906 | 13,003,238 | 5,702,267 |
| 1907 | 12,486,793 | 5,132,494 | |
| Germany (financial year, 1st April to 31st March) | 1906 | 12,005,871 | 5,342,466 |
| 1907 | 13,623,924 (estimated) | 6,285,225 | |
| Russia (financial year, 1st January to 31st December (o. S.) | 1906 | 12,490,444 | 4,576,553 |
| 1907 | 8,871,327 (voted) | 2,870,028 (voted) | |
| Total | 72,481,597 | 29,909,033 |
§ NOTE.—The figures for Russia do not include £1,800,000 subscribed by voluntary contributions and expended during the years 1904, 1905, 1906, and 1907.
552§ separate figures are available for children under four years of age.