§ Considered in Committee.
§ [COLONEL CLIFTON BROWN IN THE CHAIR.]
§ "I. Whereas it appears by the Navy Appropriation Account for the year ended the 31st day" of March, 1940, that, as shown in the Schedule hereunto appended, the total surpluses and deficits on Navy Votes for that year are as follows:
| £ | s. | d. | |
| Total Surpluses | 2,335,074 | 8 | 9 |
| Total Deficits | 30,896,285 | 19 | 0 |
| Net Deficit (charged against the Vote of credit) | £28,561,211 | 10 | 3 |
§ And whereas the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury have temporarily authorised the application of realised surpluses towards making good the said deficits.
547| SCHEDULE. | |||||||||||||||
| No. of Vote | Navy Services, 1939, Votes | Deficits | Surpluses | ||||||||||||
| Excesses of actual over estimated gross Expenditure | Deficiencies of actual as compared with estimated Receipts | Surpluses of estimated over actual gross Expenditure | Surpluses of actual as compared with estimated Receipts | ||||||||||||
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | ||||
| 1 | Wages, etc., of Officers and Men of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines, and Civilians employed Fleet Services | … | … | 8,994,459 | 15 | 5 | — | — | 539,092 | 9 | 11 | ||||
| 2 | Victualling and Clothing for the Navy | … | … | 4,028,399 | 1 | 5 | — | — | 542,471 | 1 | |||||
| 3 | Medical Establishments and Services | … | … | 317.401 | 16 | 0 | 6,815 | 11 | 2 | — | — | ||||
| 4 | Fleet Air Arm | … | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| 5 | Educational Ser vices | … | … | — | 5.320 | 6 | 11 | 17,709 | 0 | 11 | — | ||||
| 6 | Scientific Services | 68,269 | 11 | 7 | 50,768 | 13 | 7 | — | — | ||||||
| 7 | Royal Naval Re serves | … | … | — | 43 | 12 | 3 | 201,160 | 1 | 10 | — | ||||
| 8 | Shipbuiding, Repairs, Maintenance, etc.: | 13,366,31 | 14 | 4 | 1,812,498 | 5 | 6 | — | 380,726 | 3 | |||||
| Section I — Personnel | … | ||||||||||||||
| Section II — Matériel | … | ||||||||||||||
| Section III—Contract Work | … | ||||||||||||||
| 9 | Naval Armaments | … | … | ||||||||||||
| 10 | Works, Buildings and Repairs at Home and Abroad | … | |||||||||||||
| 11 | Miscellaneous Effective services | 1,846,076 | 3 | 2 | 42,832 | 16 | 5 | — | — | ||||||
| 12 | Admiralty Office | 336,390 | 19 | 11 | 5,267 | 5 | 1 | — | — | ||||||
| 13 | Non-effective Ser(Naval and Marine) —Officers | — | — | 397.747 | 0 | 0 | 5,289 | 17 | 10 | ||||||
| 14 | Non-effective Ser(Nava. and Marine)Men | … | — | — | 119,641 | 0 | 10 | 1,071 | 9 | 4 | |||||
| 15 | Civil Super annual Allowances and Gratuities | … | — | 2,531 | 18 | 8 | 130,166 | 3 | 11 | — | |||||
| — | Balances Irrecoverable and Claims abandoned | 12,898 | 7 | 7 | — | — | — | ||||||||
| 28,970,207 | 9 | 5 | 1,926,078 | 9 | 7 | 866,423 | 7 | 6 | 1,468,651 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Total Deficits | £ 30,896,285 | 19 | 0 | Total Surpluses | £ 2,335,074 | 8 | 9 | ||||||||
| Net Deficit met from Vote of Credit £ 28,561,211 10 3 " |
§ Resolved, "That the application of such surpluses be sanctioned."— [Capt. Crookshank.]
§ "II. Whereas it appears by the Army Appropriation Account for the year ended the 31st day of March, 1940, that, as shown in the Schedule hereunto appended, the total surpluses and deficits on Army Votes for that year are as follows: —
| SCHEDULE. | |||||||||||||||
| No. of Vote | Army Services, 1939, Votes. | Deficits | Surpluses | ||||||||||||
| Excesses of Actual over estimated gross Expenditur | Deficiencies of actual as compared with estimated Receipts | Surpluses of estimated over actual gross Expenditure | Surpluses of actual as compared with estimated Receipts | ||||||||||||
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | ||||
| 1 | Pay, etc., of the Army | … | … | 45,369,158 | 6 | 10 | 1,283,649 | 16 | 5 | — | — | ||||
| 2 | Territorial Army and Reserve Forces | … | … | — | 20,363 | 0 | 0 | 7,604,668 | 5 | 0 | — | ||||
| 3 | Medical Services | … | 2,427,707 | 12 | 10 | 25,997 | 15 | 10 | — | — | |||||
| 4 | Educational Establishments. | — | 87,409 | 18 | 7 | 359,411 | 5 | 7 | — | ||||||
| 5 | Quartering and Movements | … | 8,403,967 | 14 | 5 | 34,637 | 2 | 0 | — | — | |||||
| 6 | Supplies, Road Transport and Remounts | … | 23,880,138 | 12 | 5 | 86,905 | 11 | 3 | — | — | |||||
| 7 | Clothing | … | … | — | 235,683 | 0 | 11 | 14,647,327 | 16 | 4 | — | ||||
| 8 | General Stores | … | — | — | 6,470,333 | 11 | 4 | 60,066 | 19 | 1 | |||||
| 9 | Warlike Stores | … | — | 3,163,528 | 1 | 5 | 49,729,397 | 9 | 6 | — | |||||
| 10 | Works, Buildings and Lands | … | — | 701,204 | 9 | 5 | 1,232,366 | 9 | 1 | — | |||||
| 11 | Miscellaneous Effective Services | … | … | — | 139,018 | 3 | 6 | 16,355 | 8 | 3 | — | ||||
| 12 | War Office | … | 685,897 | 0 | 2 | 9,899 | 5 | 5 | — | — | |||||
| 13 | Half-pay Retired Pay and other Non - effective Charges for Officers | … | — | 2,559 | 3 | 8 | 237, 146 | 13 | 8 | — | |||||
| 24 | Pensions and other Non - effective Charges for Warrant Officers Non-com Officers men and others | … | … | — | 9,261 | 15 | 3 | 250,135 | 6 | 6 | — | ||||
| 15 | Civil Superannuation Compensation and Gratuities | … | 10,194 | 15 | 7 | 493 | 14 | 0 | — | — | |||||
| — | Balances Irrecoverable and Claims Abandoned | … | … | 343,084 | 5 | 8 | — | — | — | ||||||
| 81,120,148 | 7 | 11 | 5,800,610 | 17 | 8 | 80,547,031 | 5 | 3 | 60,066 | 19 | 1 | ||||
| Total Deficits | £ 86,920,759 | 5 | 7 | Total Surpluses | £ 80,607,098 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||
| Net Deficit met from Vote of Credit £ 6,313,661 1 3 " |
| £ | s. | d. | |
| Total surpluses | 80,607,098 | 4 | 4 |
| Total deficits | 86,920,759 | 5 | 7 |
| Net deficit (charged against the Vote of Credit) | £6,313,661 | 1 | 3 |
§ And whereas the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury have temporarily authorised the application of realised surpluses towards making' good the said deficits.
551§ Resolved, "That the application of such surpluses be sanctioned."—[Mr. Richard Law.]
§ "III. Whereas it appears by the Air Appropriation Account for the year ended the 31st day of March, 1940, that, as shown in the Schedule hereunto appended, the total surpluses and deficits on Air Votes for that year are as follows: —
| SCHEDULE | |||||||||||||||
| No. of Vote | Air Services, 1939. Votes | Deficits | Surpluses | ||||||||||||
| Excesses of actual over estimated gross Expenditure | Deficiences of actual as compared with estimated Receipts | Surpluses of estimated over actual gross Expenditure | Surpluses of actual as compared with estimated Receipts | ||||||||||||
| £ | s. | d | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | ||||
| 1 | Pay, etc., of the Royal Air Force. | 8,761,503 | 14 | 11 | 592,198 | 4 | 2 | — | — | ||||||
| 2 | Quartering Non-Technical Stores, Supplies and Transportation. | 3.295.175 | 3 | 3 | — | — | 67,199 | 17 | 11 | ||||||
| 3 | Technical and Warlike Stores. | 22,454,887 | 12 | 10 | 3,743,776 | 15 | 1 | — | — | ||||||
| 4 | Works, Buildings and Lands | … | 6,942,836 | 15 | 7 | 474.187 | 18 | 9 | — | — | |||||
| 5 | Medical Services | … | 186,485 | 6 | 7 | 34.748 | 19 | 9 | — | — | |||||
| 6 | Technical Training and Educational Services | — | 6,494 | 6 | 3 | 781,846 | 12 | 8 | — | ||||||
| 7 | Reserve and AuxiForces | … | — | 510 | 18 | 5 | 3,809,460 | 9 | 0 | — | |||||
| 8 | Civil Aviation | … | — | 103,121 | 14 | 3 | 2,845,112 | 18 | 5 | — | |||||
| 9 | Meteorological and Miscellaneous Effective Services | … | … | — | — | 407.013 | 7 | 7 | 584 | 7 | 2 | ||||
| 10 | Air Ministry | … | 369,786 | 8 | 3 | 21,318 | 12 | 6 | — | — | |||||
| 11 | Half-Pay, Pensions and other Non-effective Services | 33,678 | 4 | 5 | 25,695 | 8 | 10 | — | — | ||||||
| — | Balances Irrecoverable and Claims Abandoned | … | … | 6,101 | 1 | 9 | — | — | — | ||||||
| 42,050,454 | 7 | 7 | 5,002,052 | 18 | 0 | 7,8 43,433 | 7 | 8 | 67,784 | 5 | 1 | ||||
| Total Deficits | £47,052,507 | 5 | 7 | Total Surpluses | £7,911,217 | 12 | 9 | ||||||||
| Net Deficit met from Vote of Credit £39,141,289 12 10" |
§ Resolved, "That the application of such surplus be sanctioned. "—[Sir A.Sinclair.]
552| £ | s. | d. | |
| Total surpluses | 7,911,217 | 12 | 9 |
| Total deficits | 47,052,507 | 5 | 7 |
| Net deficit (charged against the Vote of Credit) | 39,141,289 | 12 | 10 |
§ And whereas the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury have temporarily authorised the application of realised surpluses towards making good the said deficits