§ Sir F. SYKESasked the Secretary of State for Air if he will state, in respect of the boys' training schools, Halton and Cranwell, the Cadet College, Cranwell, and the Staff College, Andover, respectively, the estimated capital values of lands and buildings occupied; the respective annual costs of building maintenance, of educational stores, of provisioning, and of other stores; the annual cost and the numbers of the staff, other than those engaged on educational or works maintenance duties; the annual cost of any other services; the establishment of personnel under training; and the maximum number under training during the past 12 months?
§ Sir S. HOAREI am anxious to furnish the fullest information on this and similar subjects possible without unduly overburdening the staff of my Department, and have been investigating the practicability of supplying the particulars requested. I find, however, that to furnish accurate figures in the form asked for would entail a considerable expenditure of time and labour and I trust, therefore, that the information contained in Air Estimates for 1926, which have been published since my hon. and gallant Friend put down this question, will suffice for his purpose.