§ Considered in Committee.
§ [Mr. ROBERT YOUNG in the Chair.]
§ "Whereas it appears by the Air Appropriation Account for the year ended the 31st day of March, 1923, that the aggregate expenditure on Navy Services has not exceeded the aggregate sums appropriated for those Services, and that, as shown in the Schedule hereto appended, the net surplus of the Exchequer Grants for Air Services over the net expenditure is £7,391,310 9s. 3d., namely—
| No. of Vote. | Navy Services, 1922–23. Votes. | Deficits. | Surpluses. | ||||||||||
| Excesses of actual over estimated gross Expenditure. | Deficiencies of actual as compared with estimated Receipts. | Surpluses of estimated over actual gross Expenditure. | Surpluses of actual as compared with estimated Receipts. | ||||||||||
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | ||
| 1 | Wage, etc., of Officers, Seamen, and Boys, Coast Guard, and Royal Marines. | 50,338 | 8 | 6 | — | — | 144, 105 | 18 | 4 | ||||
| 2 | Victualling and Clothing for the Navy. | — | 83,580 | 5 | 6 | 1,016,462 | 11 | 11 | — | ||||
| 3 | Medical Services | — | — | 4,049 | 12 | 1 | 25,531 | 15 | 9 | ||||
| 4 | Civilians employed on Fleet Services | — | 711 | 14 | 7 | 34,211 | 17 | 1 | — | ||||
| 5 | Educational Services | — | 4,048 | 0 | 9 | 32,982 | 15 | 9 | — | ||||
| 6 | Scientific Services | — | 12,205 | 2 | 2 | 103,743 | 13 | 3 | — | ||||
| 7 | Royal Naval Reserve, Royal Fleet Reserve, and Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, etc. | — | — | 118,527 | 3 | 4 | 1,050 | 10 | 11 | ||||
| 8 | Shipbuilding, Repairs, Maintenance, etc. | ||||||||||||
| Sec. 1. Personnel | — | — | 590.491 | 16 | 4 | 14,075 | 7 | 5 | |||||
| Sec. 2. Material | — | — | 1,617,334 | 14 | 10 | 1,768,648 | 17 | 4 | |||||
| Sec. 3. Contract Work | 703,519 | 7 | 2 | — | — | 812,421 | 10 | 7 | |||||
| 9 | Naval Armaments | — | — | 897,318 | 4 | 2 | 488,398 | 16 | 8 | ||||
| 10 | Works, Buildings, and Repairs at Home and Abroad. | — | — | 669,253 | 5 | 0 | 49,915 | 7 | 0 | ||||
| 11 | Various Miscellaneous Effective Services. | 248,111 | 5 | 8 | — | — | 63,792 | 2 | 10 | ||||
| 12 | Admiralty Office | — | — | 46,154 | 5 | 7 | 2,684 | 16 | 8 | ||||
| 13 | Non-Effective Services (Naval and Marine), Officers. | 101,589 | 3 | 3 | — | — | 6,205 | 7 | 10 | ||||
| 14 | Non-Effective Services (Naval and Marine), Men. | — | — | 9,691 | 9 | 3 | 41,820 | 17 | 4 | ||||
| 15 | Civil Superannuation, Compensation Allowances and Gratuities. | — | — | 65,718 | 19 | 7 | 501 | 5 | 11 | ||||
| — | Amount written off as irrecoverable. | 29,679 | 5 | 8 | — | — | — | ||||||
| 1,133,237 | 10 | 3 | 100,515 | 3 | 0 | 5,205,940 | 8 | 2 | 3,419,152 | 14 | 4 | ||
| Total Deficits | £1,233,782 | 13 | 3 | Total Surpluses | £8,625,093 | 2 | 6 | ||||||
| Net Surplus …£7,391,310 9 3 |
| £ | s. | d. | ||
| Total Surpluses | … | 8,625,093 | 2 | 6 |
| Total Deficits | … | 1,233,782 | 13 | 3 |
| Net Surplus | … | £7,391,310 | 9 | 3 |
§ And whereas the deficiencies of Appropriations-in-Aid realised on certain Votes have been in each ease less than the savings on gross expenditure on the same Vote.
§ And whereas the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury have temporarily authorised the application of so much of the total surpluses on certain Grants for Air Services as is necessary to make good the deficits caused by excess expenditure on other grants for Air Services.
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Resolved,
That the application of such sums be sanctioned."—[Mr. William Graham.]
Whereas it appears by the Air Appropriation Account for the year ended the 31st day of March, 1923, that the aggregate expenditure on Navy Services has not exceeded the aggregate sums appropriated for those Services, and that, as shown in the Schedule hereto appended, the net surplus of the Exchequer Grants for Air Services over the net expenditure is £1,912,099 19s. 3d., namely—
| SCHEDULE | |||||||||||||
| No of. Vote. | Air Services, 1922–23, Votes. | Deficits. | Surpluses. | ||||||||||
| Excesses of actual over estimated gross Expenditure. | Deficiencies of actual as compared with estimated Receipts. | Surpluses of estimated over actual gross Expenditure. | Surpluses of actual as compared with estimated Receipts. | ||||||||||
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s | d | ||
| 1 | Pay, etc., of the Air Force. | — | 172,757 | 12 | 7 | 516,841 | 4 | 8 | — | ||||
| 2 | Quartering, Stores (except Technical), Supplies, and Transport. | 245,078 | 13 | 3 | — | — | 391,850 | 19 | 1 | ||||
| 3 | Technical and Warlike Stores | 136,693 | 15 | 5 | — | — | 634,267 | 8 | 11 | ||||
| 4 | Works, Buildings, and Lands | — | — | 539,043 | 1 | 6 | 8676 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| 5 | Air Ministry | — | — | 19,512 | 0 | 2 | 528 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| 6 | Miscellaneous Effective Services. | 3,477 | 17 | 9 | — | — | 52,350 | 18 | 8 | ||||
| 7 | Half-Pay, Pensions, and other Non-Effective Services. | — | 943 | 2 | 9 | 59,040 | 16 | 10 | — | ||||
| 8 | Civil Aviation | — | 23,405 | 12 | 11 | 78,887 | 8 | 7 | — | ||||
| 9 | Experimental and Research Services. | — | 59,696 | 9 | 3 | 234,738 | 3 | 8 | — | ||||
| — | Balances Irrecoverable and Claims abandoned. | 11,603 | 8 | 5 | — | — | — | ||||||
| 396,853 | 14 | 10 | 256,802 | 17 | 6 | 1,478,082 | 15 | 5 | 1,087,673 | 16 | 2 | ||
| Total Deficits | £653,656 | 12 | 4 | Total Surpluses | £2,565,756 | 11 | 7 | ||||||
| Net Surplus …£1,912,099 19 3 |
§
Resolved,
That the application of such sums be sanctioned."—[Mr. William Graham.]
§ Resolutions to be reported To-morrow.
§ The remaining Government Orders were read, and postponed.
1856| £ | s. | d. | ||
| Total Surpluses | … | 2,565,756 | 11 | 7 |
| Total Deficits | … | 653,656 | 12 | 4 |
| Net Surplus | … | £1,912,099 | 19 | 3 |
§ And whereas the deficiencies of Appropriations-in-Aid realised on certain Votes have been in each ease less than the savings on gross expenditure on the same Vote.
§ And whereas the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury have temporarily authorised the application of so much of the total surpluses on certain Grants for Air Services as is necessary to make good the deficits caused by excess expenditure on other grants for Air Services.