§ 64. Mr. HICKSasked the Financial Secretary to the War Office what amount and proportions of work were given by the War Office to each of the Government national factories, as compared with private enterprise, during the financial years 1931 and 1932?
§ Mr. COOPERAs the answer contains a number of figures, I will, with the 2084 hon. Member's permission, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Mr. HICKSCan the hon. Gentleman say if there is any variation in the practice so far as the proportion of allocation to the national factories as against private factories is concerned?
§ Mr. COOPERThere is a slight increase in the proportion given to the national factories against that given to private firms.
§ Mr. KIRKWOODCan the hon. Gentleman say if they are doing any work for Japan just now?
§ Following is the answer:
§ Approximate proportions of the work allocated in 1931 and 1932 to the Royal Ordnance Factories and the trade respectively from the sums provided in Army Estimates for general and warlike stores (Votes 8 and 9).
| Approximate Percentage | |||||
| 1931. | 1932. | ||||
| Trade | … | … | … | 54.0 | 52.0 |
| Woolwich | … | … | … | 34.0 | 38.0 |
| Enfield | … | … | … | 8.0 | 6.0 |
| Waltham | … | … | … | 3.5 | 3.6 |
| Hereford | … | … | … | .5 | .5 |
| 100 | 100 |
§ NOTE.—Most of the work given to the trade for these stores is of a kind not undertaken by the Ordnance Factories.