HC Deb 18 June 1956 vol 554 cc72-3W
Mr. Tilney

asked the Secretary of State for War to state in table form the cost, per head, for the last financial year for which figures are available, of administering a member of the Territorial Forces in each Territorial and Auxiliary Forces Association.

Mr. Head

The following table covers the financial year 1954–55:

Association Army R.A.F.
Establishment Cost a head Establishment Cost a head
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
£ £ £ £
Perth 1,916 14.1 36 16.8
Renfrew and Bute 3,229 8.3 13 27.9
Roxburgh, Berwick, Selkirk 1,152 11
Shropshire 2,578 8.9
Somerset 4,272 13.2 771 3.3
Stafford 12,054 6.7 372 10.5
Stirling, Clackmannan, Kinross 2,895 5.9
Suffolk 3,649 8.5 293 2.9
Surrey 9,555 7.8 212 9
Sussex 7,818 7.3 359 5.1
Warwick 13,005 5.1 824 1.5
Wiltshire 2,964 8.5 62 2.7
Worcester 3,727 8.2
Yorks (East Riding) 5,723 5 255 2.9
Yorks (North Riding) 4,967 4.8 601 1.9
Yorks (West Riding) 31,352 4.8 1,018 8.6
Zetland 249 10.8
TOTAL 460,248 17,303
Overall cost a head 6.4 4.9
Note.—Expenses extraneous to the Territorial Army, i.e. Cadets, Home Guard, have been excluded except for items where a split is not possible, e.g. heating, lighting and cleaning of a T.A. centre which was also used by Cadet and/or Home Guard units.