§ Mr. W. R. SMITHasked the Secretary of State for War if he can give the cost of working the boot-repairing depot at Old Kent Road; whether such has shown a profit or loss and the amount of that profit or loss; and whether he can give similar information regarding the boot-repairing depots at Halifax, Stirling, and Southampton?
§ Mr. FORSTERThe working costs of the depot at Old Kent Road from 1st January to 31st July last have been approximately £63,000. The profit or loss on working necessarily depends upon the estimated value of the boots before and after2156W repair. The estimates furnished to me indicate a profit of some £36,000. I am not at the moment in possession of figures for the other depots named.