§ 31. Mr. Hewlettasked the Secretary of State for War whether he can state in detail the difference in the prices of the different articles which comprise an officer's uniform with and without purchase tax?
§ Sir J. GriggAs the answer consists of a table of figures, I will circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Following is the answer:
| UNIFORM. | |||||||||||||
| Article. | Net Cost. | Estimated amount of Purchase Tax. | Gross. | ||||||||||
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |||||
| Service Dress Jacket (with buttons) | … | 1 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 10 | |||
| Trousers | … | … | … | prs. 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | |
| Belts, Sam Browne | … | … | … | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 4 | |
| Greatcoat | … | … | … | 1 | 10 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 7 |
| Cap, Field Service | … | … | … | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 6 | |
| Badges, Cap | … | … | … | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |||
| Shirts (each with 2 collars) | … | … | 3 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 6 | ||
| Boots, ankle | … | … | … | prs. 1 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 6 | |
| Boots, ankle | … | … | … | prs. 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 8 | |
| Tie | … | … | … | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | |||
| Gloves | … | … | … | prs. 1 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 6 | |||
| Whistle and Lanyard | … | … | … | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 3 | ||||
| Badges, collar | … | … | … | prs. 1 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| Battle Dress:— | 2 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | |||||
| Blouse | … | … | … | 1 | |||||||||
| Trousers | … | … | … | prs. 1 | |||||||||
| Cap, Field Service | … | … | … | 1 | |||||||||
| Anklets | … | … | … | prs. 1 | |||||||||
| Overalls | … | … | … | 2 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 2 | |
| P.T. Kit set | … | … | … | 1 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 11 | |||
| Corps strips, rank badges and backing worsted rank badge for Battle Dress. | 5 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | |||||||
| Cost of refitting Battle Dress | … | … | … | — | — | (estimated) | |||||||
| 0 | 15 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 37 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 43 | 14 | 8 |