§ Mr. DOUGLAS HALLasked the First Lord of the Admiralty if he will state the amount in respect of which Greenwich Hospital and its grounds are valued for the purpose of arriving at the amount payable to the local authority for rates?
§ Dr. MACNAMARAThe value of the Royal Hospital School and Grounds at Greenwich is assessed at £5,500 for the purpose of arriving at the amount paid by Greenwich Hospital to the local authorities as a contribution in lieu of rates. So far as the Royal Naval College is concerned,202W the contribution in lieu of rates is borne by the Vote for Rates on Government Property (Class I., Vote 13), which is administered by the Treasury.
§ Mr. DOUGLAS HALLasked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether the funds of Greenwich Hospital bear any part of the cost of allowances made to the wives and dependents of officers of the Navy killed on service; and how much is contributed annually by the hospital for the wives and dependents of men in the Navy killed on service?
§ Dr. MACNAMARAThe reply to the first part of the question is in the negative. The amount paid out of Greenwich Hospital funds for pensions to widows and allowances to children and gratuities to dependent relatives other than widows and children of men killed or drowned on service in the Royal Navy and Royal Marines is about £6,400 a year.