§ Commander Purseyasked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the Royal Marine establishments, including headquarters, and state the number of officers, other ranks and civilians in the complement, respectively, for each establishment and their respective annual
Establishment Complement Average number under Training Annual Training Cost per head Total Annual Cost of Establishment Officers O.R.s Civilians Off. O.R.s No. £ No. £ No. £ No. No. £ £ Department of C.G.R.M. 21 49,000 27 27,000 2 2,000 — — — — H.Q. R.M.F.V.R 3 7,000 3 3,000 — — — — — — H.Q. Plymouth Group 13 30,000 120 120,000 20 13,000 — — — — H.Q. Portsmouth Group 14 33,000 30 30,000 9 6,000 — — — 1,100,000 Pay and Records Office 22 51,000 109 109,000 25 17,000 — — — R.M.B. Eastney 34 77,000 399 360,000 80 62,000 18 95 — Amphibious Training Unit, Poole 19 44,000 183 183,000 97 76,000 5 100 3,900 415,000 Depot, Deal 37 68,000 360 281,000 101 102,000 5 750 1,080 880,000 Infantry Training Centre 53 124,000 379 378,000 164 122,000 85 400 1,840 920,000 Bickleigh Camp 1 2,300 15 15,000 40 25,000 — — — 85,000 Stonehouse Camp 1 2,300 51 51,000 33 20,000 — — — 133,000 The only establishments whose primary task is training are A.T.U.R.M., Deal and I.T.C.R.M. Training represents only a small proportion of the task at Eastney which is mainly a holding unit and costs cannot be readily separated from the total establishment costs. Total annual costs, which include M.P.B.W. expenditure, can only be given for self-contained establishments. The Bickleigh and Stonehouse camps each house a Commando. The personnel figures given are for the permanent camp staff only. The total annual cost of each establishment given is the cost of maintenance including the permanent camp staff but excluding the cost of the Commando which is estimated at £1m. each year. The estimated annual provision for the Royal Marines in Navy Estimates is £12.0m.