§ Mr. HORE-BELISHAasked the First Lord of the Admiralty the total sums spent on ships laid down and completed in Government yards and private yards, respectively, during the years 1924, 1925
590WThese latter amounts included sums for replace parts of machinery supplied for ships repaired by the dockyards. The payments for repairs actually executed in contractors' yards were almost entirely in respect of establishments abroad and amounted approximately to the following sums:
£ 1924–1925 … … … 90,000 1925–1926 … … … 85,000 1926–1927 … … … 70,000 and 1926; and of what items these totals are comprised?
§ Lieut.-Colonel HEADLAMThe information is given in the following statements. In respect of ships not completed, the expenditure given is up to the end of November, 1927.
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TOTAL SUMS spent on Ships laid down and completed in Government Yards during 1924, 1925 and 1926. Ship. Laid down. Completed. Labour. Materials. Contract Work. Establishment and Incidental Expenditure Total. £ £ £ £ £ Frobisher … — Sept., 1924 867,644 369,764 568,251 238,848 2,044,507 Suffolk … Sept., 1924 — 377,965 261,698 1,034,758 209,584 1,884,005 Cornwall … Oct., 1924 — 393,481 253,451 1,062,565 205,587 1,915,084 Kent … Nov., 1924 — 334,038 231,870 940,985 187,250 1,694,143 Effingham … — July, 1925 970,983 370,590 505,147 316,265 2,162,985 Sub. "X. 1" … — Sept., 1925 536,369 154,017 217,472 136,300 1,044,158 London … Feb., 1926 — 145,339 134,688 710,147 94,609 1,084,783 Devonshire … March, 1926 — 143,741 128,336 580,665 85,120 937,862
TOTAL SUMS spent on Ships laid down and completed in Private Yards during 1924,1925 and 1926. Ship Laid down. Completed. Dockyard.* Contract Work. Establishment and Incidental Expenditure. Total. Labour. Materials. £ £ £ £ £ Berwick … Sept., 1924 — 14,762 57,214 1,593,189 83,335 1,748,500 Cumberland … Oct., 1924 — 8,972 52,187 1,500,759 77,078 1,638,996 Amazon … Jan., 1925 — 5,271 14,154 283,798 16,232 319,455 Ambuscade … Dec., 1924 — 5,290 15,095 289,257 16,974 326,616 Gannet … March, 1926 — 29 205 50,194 2,216 52,644 Peterel … March, 1926 — 27 137 60,752 2,645 63,561 Shropshire … Feb., 1927 — 8,189 5,613 663,563 31,563 708,928 Sussex … Feb., 1927 — 8,185 7,817 900,517 41,979 958,498 Seamew … April, 1926 — 29 164 40,764 1,777 42,734 Tern … April, 1926 — 27 279 42,570 2,286 45,162 Shikari† … — April, 1924 45,038 12,459 220,406 14,412 292,315 Witch† … — April, 1924 45,864 16,135 239,441 15,245 316,685 Whitehall† … — Aug., 1924 64,673 19,125 217,485 22,058 323,341 Sub. L 54† … — Aug., 1924 34,623 6,084 275,089 16,000 331,796 Sub. L 23† … — Oct., 1924 69,463 10,028 140,529 11,447 231,467 Sub. L 53† … — Jan., 1925 75,973 10,255 229,568 16,000 331,796 Broke† … — Jan., 1925 84,651 26,830 263,828 34,085 409,394 Keppel† … — April, 1925 97,694 31,381 241,046 41,253 411,374 Emerald† … — Jan., 1926 400,231 145,731 905,452 165,648 1,617,062 Sub. L 27† … — March, 1926 46,565 8,433 205,538 21,276 281,812 Enterprise† … — March, 1926 453,978 163,822 965,712 162,342 1,751,854 Sub. L 26† … — Oct., 1926 62,947 8,165 200,384 34,340 305,836 *Expenditure in H.M. Dockyards. †Transferred to Dockyards for completion.