§ Colonel Burtonasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury, for each year, from 1924 to 1941, the amount spent on the base at Singapore; and what is the total expenditure upon that base?
§ Captain CrookshankDetails of expenditure on such schemes by the Service244W Departments have in the public interest not been given since the publication of the accounts for the financial year 1937. This consideration precludes the giving of information as to the expenditure on the base at Singapore after this date, but expenditure by the three Service Departments in the preceding financial years was as follows:
Financial Year. Expenditure. £ 1924 12,000 1925 118,000 1926 163,000 1927 340,000 1928 421,000 1929 863,000 1930 666,000 1931 873,000 1932 964,000 1933 917,000 1934 1,457,000 1935 1,804,000 1936 1,830,000 1937 2,189,000 Total £12,617,000