HC Deb 08 December 1931 vol 260 cc1706-7W
Mr. D. WILLIAMS

asked the Financial Secretary to the War Office, if he will furnish details of the cost of the full-dress uniform of a private in the Foot Guards including the busby, and of a bandsman in the Foot Guards; the cost of the full-dress uniform of a trooper in the Household Cavalry, including helmet and breastplate, and of a bandsman in the Life Guards; whether the cost of full-dress uniform is the same in the Royal Horse Guards as it is in the Life Guards; and whether it is proposed to effect any economy in the cost of this equipment?

Foot Guards. Life Guards. Royal Horse Guards.
Guardsman. Bandsman. Trooper. Bandsman. Trooper. Bandsman.
£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
4 2 0 5 13 0 9 13 0 10 14 6 8 14 0 9 10 6

The answer to the last part of the question is in the negative.