55. Captain BALFOURasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the cost and numbers of the personnel of the Army and Navy staffs at the War 1948 Office and Admiralty; and the Civil Service personnel employed on duties within those services for 1929–30 and 1913–14?
§ Mr. PETHICK-LAWRENCEAs the answer contains a number of figures, I will, with the hon. and gallant Member's permission, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Following is the answer:
§ The records kept by the Admiralty and the War Office are not altogether in the same form, but I think that the following figures, which have been supplied to me, will serve the hon. and gallant Member's purpose:
| Admiralty. | ||
| — | Naval Officers and Ratings. | Civilians. |
| (a) Numbers serving at Headquarters on 1st Jan., 1914. | 152 | 1,910 |
| Cost | £98,669 | £364,933 |
| (b) Average numbers borne during 1929–30. | 252 | 2,780 |
| Cost | £270,000 | £986,000 |
| War Office. | ||
| — | Officers and other Ranks. | Civilians. |
| (a) Numbers provided in Estimates, 1913–14. | 262 | 1,579 |
| Cost | £143,200 | £296,800 |
| (b) Numbers provided in Estimates, 1929–30. | 351 | 1,947 |
| Cost | £300,290 | £613,000 |