§ Mr. YERBURGHasked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether, in view of the re-presentation of the Navy Estimates in March, he will present a Return showing the aggregate amounts provided in the Navy Estimates in each financial year from 1904–5 up to and including 1913–14; the actual amounts expended from Navy Votes in the same series of years; and the difference in each year representing the amount unspent and which automatically was employed for the reduction of the National Debt?
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§ Mr. CHURCHILLThe particulars desired are as follows:—
Year. Parliamentary Grant. Annual Expenditure. Amount Surrendered to the Exchequer. £ £ £ 1904–5 36,889,500 36,859,681 29,819 1905–6 33,389,600 33,151,841 237,759 1906–7 31,869,500 31,472,087 397,413 1907–8 31,419,500 31,251,156 168,344 1908–9 32,319,500 32,181,309 138,191 1909–10 35,831,800 35,734,015 97,785 1910–11 40,603,800 40,419,336 184,464 1911–12 44,392,500 42,414,257 1,978,213 1912–13 45,075,400 44,933,169 142,231 1913–14 *48,809,300 †48,809,300 — * Includes Supplementary not yet voted. † Estimated. The question as to the application of the amounts surrendered is one for my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer.