§ Mr. LAMBERTasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty the number employed by the Admiralty in outport establishments; the numbers engaged at the Admiralty itself in July, 1914, and the latest available date, respectively; the wage bill for each class for each period; and the personnel of the Navy in July, 1914, and the latest available date?
§ Sir J. CRAIGThe number of persons employed by the Admiralty in outport establishments in July, 1914, was 58,077, the present corresponding number is 77,210: the number engaged at the Admiralty in July, 1914, was 9,072; and on the 1st November, 1920, was 6,198. The bill for salaries and wages for the outport establishments in July, 1914, was at the rate of £5,094,400 per annum; and at present the corresponding expenditure is at the rate of £16,428,148 per annum; the bill for salaries and wages for persons employed at the Admiralty in July, 1914, was at the rate of £514,356 per annum; the corresponding expenditure on the 1st November, 1920, was at the rate of £1,944,336 per annum; the personnel of the Navy in July 1914, numbered 146,047; and on the 15th October, 1920, approximately 123,000.