§ Mr. HORE-BELISHAasked the First Lord of the Admiralty how much money has been spent in each of His Majesty's dockyards on repairs to ships during the years 1924, 1925 and 1926, stating what items comprise the figures in each case; and how much for similar work has been paid to private firms?
§ Lieut.-Colonel HEADLAMExpenditure on repairs and alterations to His Majesty's ships in His Majesty's dockyards is given in the following statement, and is comprised of labour, of materials used, and of establishment and incidental expenditure.
Payments to contractors for similar work amounted to the following sums:
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£ 1924–1925 … … … 283,524 1925–1926 … … … 198,091 1926–1927 … … … 232,531 These amounts are payments for "contract work" (Vote 8, Section III, Sub-heads A. to D. and G.), i.e., for machinery and gun mountings for ships repaired by the dockyards, and payments under Subhead E. ("Repairs and Alterations by contract of ships and vessels and their machinery and stores"). The payments under Subhead E. were:
£ 1924–1925 … … … 177,968 1925–1926 … … … 136,947 1926–1927 … … … 146,990
Expenditure on Repairs and Alterations to H. M. Ships in H. M. Dockyards. — Labour. Materials. Establishment and Incidental Expenditure. Total. (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) 1924–25. £ £ £ £ Portsmouth … … … 951,187 317,417 422,544 1,691,148 Devonport … … … 1,033,848 466,573 445,021 1,945,442 Chatham … … … 549,642 189,178 260,667 999,487 Sheerness … … … 183,914 82,624 84,693 351,231 Malta … … … 255,677 130,590 103,898 490,165 Gibraltar … … … 45,131 19,351 30,416 94,898 Hong Kong … … … 88,019 127,624 73,930 289,573 Bermuda … … … 67,103 25,362 39,921 132,386 Cape … … … 20,976 7,757 18,392 47,125 3,195,497 1,366,476 1,479,482 6,041,455 1925–26. Portsmouth … … … 1,156,771 391,040 498,644 2,046,455 Devonport … … … 922,460 295,992 377,468 1,595,920 Chatham … … … 560,715 41,090 261,762 863,567 Sheerness … … … 205,025 84,841 93,705 383,571 Malta … … … 357,573 177,186 144,939 679,698 Gibraltar … … … 47,276 22,221 31,269 100,766 Hong Kong … … … 79,820 143,098 76,203 299,121 Bermuda … … … 69,980 25,910 47,121 143,011 Cape … … … 19,680 7,249 15,560 42,489 3,419,300 1,188,627 1,546,671 6,154,598 1926–27. Portsmouth … … … 1,126,745 366,248 480,099 1,973,092 Devonport … … … 992,333 348,399 385,575 1,726,307 Chatham … … … 785,817 246,376 346,028 1,378,221 Sheerness … … … 223,301 77,245 102,691 403,237 Malta … … … 308,749 136,533 150,172 595,454 Gibraltar … … … 39,944 21,159 33,256 94,359 Hong Kong … … … 96,073 157,345 83,606 337,024 Bermuda … … … 57,011 14,207 39,111 110,329 Cape … … … 20,923 7,357 17,390 45,670 3,650,896 1,374,869 1,637,928 6,663,693