§ 3. Mr. T. SMITHasked the Secretary of State for India whether he can state the number of chaplains of the Church of Scotland, the Roman Catholic Church, 734 and the Wesleyan Church, respectively, who are attached as chaplains to the British Army in India, with the amount of their pay from Army Estimates as apart from those of the Church of India whose pay is chargeable to the Ecclesiastical Department?
§ The SECRETARY of STATE for INDIA (Sir Samuel Hoare)I am circulating a table giving the information asked for.
§ Following is the table:
| Chaplains attached to the British Army in India. | |||
| — | Number. | Estimates of pay, 1933–34. | |
| Rs. | |||
| Church of Scotland | … | 8 | 83,490 |
| Roman Catholics | … | *60 | 2,37,600 |
| Methodists | … | 15 | 91,900 |
| United Board (Baptists and Congregationalists). | … | 5 | 26,840 |
| 88 | 4,39,830 | ||
| *This number may vary from time to time. |
§ 1. Mr. T. SMITH (for Mr. T. WILLIAMS)asked the Secretary of State for India the number of chaplains of the Church of India whose pay is chargeable to the Ecclesiastical Department, with the annual amount of such pay?
§ The UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE for INDIA (Mr. Butler)The sanctioned strength of Church of India chaplains is now 126. As regards the cost, I would refer the hon. Member to page 364 of the Finance and Revenue Accounts of the Government of India for 1931–32, which contain the latest figures available.