ROYAL AIR FORCE EXPENDITURE.

HC Deb 03 November 1938 vol 340 cc383-4W

Mr. W. Joseph Stewart

asked the Secretary of State for Air the amount spent on the Royal Air Force each year since 1931?

Captain Balfour

The following are the figures:

		£
1931	…	17,403,181
1932	…	16,595,066
1933	…	16,240,708
1934	…	17,161,763
1935	…	27,095,886
1936	…	49,393,821
1937 (Estimate)	…	54,575,100
		(80,575,100)*
1938 (Estimate)	…	70,575,000
		(123,475,000)*
* These figures indicate the net total of the estimated expenditure on the Royal Air Force before deduction of issues from the Consolidated Fund in accordance with the Defence Loans Act, 1937.