HC Deb 30 July 1914 vol 65 cc1689-91

Considered in Committee.

[Mr. WHITLEY in the Chair.]

Resolved,

I. Whereas it appears by the Navy Appropriation Account for the year ended the

SCHUDULE.
Number of Vote. Navy Services, 1912–13. Votes. Differences between Exchequer Grants and Net Expenditure.
Surpluses. Deficits.
£ s. d. £ s. d.
1 Wages, etc., of Officers, Seamen, and Boys, Coast Guard, and Royal Marines — 33,885 17 3
2 Victualling and Clothing for the Navy — 159,848 19 6
3 Medical Establishments and Services — 9,110 12 5
4 Martial Law 40 16 8 —
5 Educational Services 5,854 2 7 —
6 Scientific Services — 204 11 11
7 Royal Naval Reserves 20,615 11 11 —
8 Shipbuilding, Repairs, Maintenance, etc.:
I. Personnel — 224,539 9 6
II Matériel — 768,252 6 3
III. Contract Work 1,046,500 3 1 —
9 Naval Armaments — 246,953 7 2
10 Works, Buildings, and Repairs, at Home and Abroad 554,161 7 4 —
11 Miscellaneous Effective Services — 24,199 7 8
12 Admiralty Office — 2,836 2 5
13 Half Pay and Retired Pay — 15,952 8 0
14 Naval and Marine Pensions, Gratuities, and Compassionate Allowances — 1,435 17 7
15 Civil Superannuation, Compensation Allowances, and Gratuities 6,038 3 10 —
— Amount written off as irrecoverable — 3,760 2 9
Total 1,633,210 5 5 1,490,979 2 5
Net Surplus £142,231 3 0

31st day of March, 1913, and the statement appended thereto, that the aggregate expenditure on Navy Services has not exceeded the aggregate sums appropriated for those Services, but that, as shown in the Schedule hereto appended, the total differences between the Exchequer Grants for Navy Services and the net expenditure are as follows, namely:—

£ s. d.
Total Surpluses … 1,633,210 5 5
Total Deficits … 1,490,979 2 5
Net Surplus … 142,231 3 0

And whereas the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury have temporarily authorised the application of so much of the said total surpluses on certain Grants for Navy Services as is necessary to make good the said total deficits on other Grants for Navy Services.

That the application of such sums be sanctioned.

II. Whereas it appears by the Army Appropriation Account for the year ended the 31st day of March, 1913, and the statement appended thereto, that the aggregate expenditure on Army Services has not exceeded the aggregate sums appropriated for those Services, but that, as shown in the Schedule hereto appended, the total differences between the Exchequer Grants for Army Services and the net expenditure are as follows, namely:—

SCHEDULE.
Number of Vote. Army Services, 1912–13. Votes. Differences between Exchequer Grants and Net Expenditure.
Surpluses. Deficits.
£ s. d. £ s. d.
1 Pay, etc., of the Army 16,949 16 11 —
2 Medical Establishment: Pay, etc. — 363 0 11
3 Special Reserve 18,243 12 10 —
4 Territorial Forces 71,474 3 6 —
5 Establishments for Military Education 1,845 11 9 —
6 Quartering, Transport, and Remounts — 4,935 17 3
7 Supplies and Clothing — 44,109 5 3
8 Ordnance Department Establishments and General Stores 1,420 4 5 —
9 Armaments, Aviation, and Engineer Stores — 84,664 14 1
10 Works and Buildings 82,045 10 6 —
11 Miscellaneous Effective Services 4,095 13 6 —
12 War Office 4,037 8 5 —
13 Non-effective Charges for Officers, etc. 24,190 6 7 —
14 Non-effective Charges for Men, etc. — 1,809 7 3
15 Civil Superannuation, Compensation and Compassionate Allowances, and Gratuities 2,463 16 10 —
— Balances irrecoverable and Claims abandoned — 6,022 8 0
Total 226,766 5 3 141,904 12 9
Net Surplus £84,861 12 6

Resolutions to be reported to-morrow (Friday).