§ Colonel GREIGasked the First Lord of the Admiralty what were the respective establishments of all ranks authorised by Parliament for the personnel of the Navy (including the Naval Reserve and Marines) for each of the years 1900 to 1912, inclusive; and what were the amounts authorised by Parliament to be expended on such establishments in each year and the amounts actually spent?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLThe particulars asked for are as follows: Numbers autho- 721W rised for the personnel of the Navy (including the Naval Reserves and Marines) with the estimated and actual expenditure in respect of these numbers in each of the years 1900–1 to 1912–13:—
The Reserves include the Royal Naval Reserve, the Royal Fleet Reserve and the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve.
Year. Numbers authorised. Estimated expenditure. Actual expenditure. £ £ 1900–01 … 148,680 5,988,890 5,919,119 1901–02 … 154,575 6,258,334 6,258,297 1902–03 … 160,780 6,467,703 6,558,471 1903–04 … 167,950 6,855,712 6,890,809 1904–05 … 185,705 7,367,895 7,438,358 1905–06 … 182,705 7,344,253 7,473,159 1906–07 … 181,150 7,497,292 7,671,552 1907–08 … 180,836 7,542,728 7,632,121 1908–09 … 177,834 7,745,888 7,772,615 1909–10 … 178,159 7,849,878 7,858,036 1910–11 … 181,115 7,979,515 7,957,743 1911–12 … 183,894 8,118,127 8,092,570 1912–13 … 189,361 8,345,110 8,345,110 (estimate). In addition to the above, expenditure was incurred to a small extent annually in connection with the Reserve of retired officers and the Auxiliary Royal Naval Sick Berth Reserve, for which Reserves there are no definite establishments of numbers.