§ Mr. HOHLERasked the Under-Secretary of State to the Air Ministry how many yards of cloth (various), how many pairs of boots, how much hosiery, flannel, leather, hardware, crockery, and glass, how many brushes and brooms, and what amounts of timber are held by this 1461W Department; and will he give particulars of the amounts disposed of and to whom from the 1st of April last to the 1st October last?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLThe stocks of cloth, boots, hosiery, leather and timber held by the Air Ministry are given below. The preparation of a list of the stocks of hardware, crockery, glass, brushes and brooms would involve an amount of clerical labour, which would not be justified in the present reduced state of staff.
Cloth yards Gabardine, blue 147 Overcoating, khaki 31,401 Serge, blue 136,963 Tartan, blue 67,930 Serge, khaki, Canadian 136,266 Serge, drab mixture 102 Whipcord blue 3,220 Whipcord, khaki 20,658 pairs Boots, Ankle 15,535 Hosiery. pairs Socks, worsted 445,947 Drawers, woollen 109,846 Vests woollen 33,341 Shirts, flannel 232,390 Flannel Nil. Leather. lbs. Soles, bend 1,014 Bellies, struck 24 Shoulders 9 Tongues 5½ pairs Lifts, assorted 4,217 Soles, half 32,404 Tip, fillings 17,568 Timber. standards Aeronautical timber 338 Other timber 157 None of the above classes of materials were declared surplus between 1st April and 1st October.
The following quantities of cloth were declared surplus on 22nd and 25th October, and are being handed to the Disposal Board:—
yards Gabardine, blue 147 Overcoating, khaki 31,401 Serge, blue 100,000 Tartan, blue 50,000 Serge, khaki 13,206 Serge, drab mixture 102 Whipcord, blue 1,165 Whipcord, khaki 20,658