§ 11. Mr. McENTEEasked the First Lord of the Admiralty what is the estimated saving that will result from the Royal Marine police being employed in Portsmouth dockyard in place of the Metropolitan police; and when it is proposed to employ the Royal Marine police at Devonport dockyard?
Sir B. EYRES MONSELLThe antipated saving in cost will amount to nearly £16,000 a year, although an immediate expenditure of about £4,000 will be necessary to provide additional married quarters for Royal Marine police. Moreover, the Admiralty liability for part pensions of Metropolitan police who have at any time served in His Majesty's Dockyard, Portsmouth, amounting at the present time to approximately £30,000 a year, will ultimately disappear. The question of making a similar substitution at Devonport Dockyard will be dealt with at the end of the year.