§ 22. Commander BELLAIRSasked the First Lord of the Admiralty what has been the total expenditure on new construction for Japan and the British Empire respectively, for the period 1921–31, using sums voted for years where the actual expenditure it not yet known?
Mr. ALEXANDERWith the hon. and gallant Member's permission I will circulate the figures in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ The reply is as follows:
§ The total expenditure on new construction (including armament) was:—
| Great Britain: | £ | ||
| 1921 | … | … | 5,003,512 |
| 1922 | … | … | 3,719,660 |
| 1923 | … | … | 5,533,370 |
| 1924 | … | … | 7,271,897 |
| 1925 | … | … | 8,208,980 |
| 1926 | … | … | 9,035,316 |
| 1927 | … | … | 11,176,527 |
| 1928 | … | … | 10,587,655 |
| 1929 | … | … | 8,288,220 |
| 1930* | … | … | 6,277,627 (a) |
| 1931* | … | … | 5,972,406 |
| * Estimates. | |||
| (a) Including Supplementary Estimates. |
| Canada: | $ |
| 1928–29 | 900,000 |
| 1929–30 | 1,700,000 |
| includes re-vote of $800,000. | |
| 1930–31 | Not yet received. |
| Australia: | £ |
| 1921–22 | 326,149 |
| 1922–23 | 50,000 |
| 1924–25 | 2,000,000 |
| 1925–26 | 1,500,000 |
| 1926–27 | 1,000,000 |
| 1927–28 | 2,900,000 |
| None since 1928. |
| India: | Rs. | |||
| 1928–29 | … | … | … | 10,67,000 |
| 1929–30 | … | … | … | 8,07,000 |
| 1930–31 | … | … | … | 12,53,000 |
| Japan: | |||
| Total votes for new construction (including armament). | |||
| Yen. | |||
| 1920–21 | … | … | 231,882,440 |
| 1921–22 | … | … | 273,301,360 |
| 1922–23 | … | … | 225,269,240 |
| 1923–24 | … | … | 116,262,480 |
| 1924–25 | … | … | 88,000,000 |
| 1925–26 | … | … | 88,000,000 |
| 1926–27 | … | … | 88,000,000 |
| 1927–28 | … | … | 90,000,000 |
| 1928–29 | … | … | 88,000,000 |
| 1929–30 | … | … | 88,000,000 |
| 1930–31 | … | … | 81,623,720 |
§ NOTE.—Money voted is always expended in the following if not in the current year.