HC Deb 24 February 1937 vol 320 cc1996-7
58. Captain Balfour

asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air the proportions of profits of the Navy, Air Force, and Army canteen profits allotted to the Royal Air Force for 1936 as compared to the Army and Navy, and on what basis the proportion is arrived at?

Sir V. Warrender

I am informed that the accounts of the Nary, Army and Air Force Institutes for 1936 are not yet complete, and figures showing the distribution of rebate and discount for the year are not, therefore, available. There is a separate allocation of profits, based upon trading results, to the Navy on the one hand, and to the Army and Royal Air Force together on the other hand. Uniform rates of rebate for the Royal Air Force and the Army are fixed from time to time with regard to the combined trading results of the two Services, and the amount so allocated varies with the average spending per man per month, whether in the Army or in the Royal Air Force, at each station.

Captain Balfour

In view of the increasing number of personnel in the Royal Air Force, can the hon. Member make representations that there ought to be a greater allocation to the Air Force at the present time?