§ 5. Mr. G. HALLasked the First Lord of the Admiralty the percentage of the total amount allotted to new construction spent on dockyard-built
Sir B. EYRES MONSELLWith the hon. Member's permission, I will circulate the reply in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Following is the reply:
Sir B. EYRES MONSELLWith the hon. Member's permission, I will circulate the reply in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Following is the reply:
§ The amounts spent in each of the years 1925–1934 on the stores indicated for all services, including schools, etc., are:
§ ships and on contract-built ships each year for the past 10 years; the amount spent on contract work in the dockyard built ships, and the amount spent on dockyard work in the contract-built ships
1821§ during the same period and in relation to the expenditure on dockyard-built ships; and the percentage relation in each year between the sums spent on contract work and the sums spent on dockyard work?
| Expenditure on Contract-built and Dockyard-built Ships. | |||||||||
| Year. | Contract-built Ships | Dockyard-built ships. | Grand Total New Construction. | Percentage relation between sums spent on Contract Work and Dockyard Work. | |||||
| Dock-yard Work | Contract Work. | Total | Dock-yard Work | Contract Work. | Total | Contract Work. | Dock-yard Work | ||
| £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | |||
| 1924 | 456,671* | 3,466,952 | 3,923,623 | 1,125,175 | 672,737 | 1,797,912 | 5,721,535 | — | — |
| Per cent | 8.0 | 60.6 | 68.6 | 19.7 | 11.7 | 31.4 | — | 72.3 | 27.7 |
| 1925 | 660,817* | 3,727,787 | 4,388,604 | 1,023,679 | 1,359,801 | 2,383,480 | 6,772,084 | — | — |
| Per cent. | 9.8 | 55.0 | 64.8 | 15.1 | 20.1 | 35.2 | — | 75.1 | 24.9 |
| 1926 | 291,596 | 3,732,325 | 4,023,921 | 1,284,502 | 2,255,908 | 3,540,410 | 7,564,331 | — | — |
| Per cent | 3.9 | 49.3 | 53.2 | 17.0 | 29.8 | 46.8 | — | 79.1 | 20.9 |
| 1927 | 255,050 | 6,245,806 | 6,500,856 | 1,128,665 | 1,798,523 | 2,927,188 | 9,428,044 | — | — |
| Per cent | 2.7 | 66.3 | 69.0 | 11.9 | 19.1 | 31.0 | — | 85.4 | 14.6 |
| 1928 | 343,956 | 5,813,975 | 6,157,931 | 1,150,551 | 1,567,884 | 2,718,435 | 8,876,366 | — | — |
| Per cent. | 3.9 | 65.5 | 69.4 | 12.9 | 17.7 | 30.6 | — | 83.2 | 16.8 |
| 1929 | 303,007 | 5,242,013 | 5,545,020 | 729,993 | 776,998 | 1,506,991 | 7,052,011 | — | — |
| Per cent. | 4.3 | 74.3 | 78.6 | 10.4 | 11 | 21.4 | — | 85.3 | 14.7 |
| 1930 | 137,849 | 3,397,395 | 3,535,244 | 959,671 | 902,517 | 1,862,188 | 5,397,432 | — | — |
| Per cent. | 2.6 | 62.9 | 65.5 | 17.8 | 16.7 | 34.5 | — | 79.6 | 20.4 |
| 1931 | 86,387 | 2,246,74 | 2,333,131 | 1,148,701 | 1,436,249 | 2,584,950 | 4,918,081 | — | — |
| Per cent. | 1.7 | 45.7 | 47.4 | 23.4 | 29.2 | 52.6 | — | 74.9 | 25.1 |
| 1932 | 163,492 | 2,873,870 | 3,037,362 | 1,289,392 | 1,778,915 | 3,068,307 | 6,105,669 | — | — |
| Per cent. | 2.7 | 47.1 | 49.8 | 21.1 | 29.1 | 50.2 | — | 76.2 | 23.8 |
| 1933 | 138,207 | 5,140,029 | 5,278,236 | 1,151,937 | 1,539,116 | 2,691,053 | 7,969,289 | — | — |
| Per cent | 1.7 | 64.5 | 66.2 | 14.5 | 19.3 | 33.8 | — | 83.8 | 16.2 |
| Note.—The figures for Dockyard work are the direct charges for labour and material; the on costs and services are not included. | |||||||||
| All figures are exclusive of the cost of first outfit and reserves of guns, torpedoes and ammunition | |||||||||
| *The figures for Dockyard work in 1924 and 1925 include expenditure on His Majesty's Ships "Emerald" and "Enterprise" which, though originally ordered by contract, were in fact completed in the Royal Dockyards. |