HC Deb 24 November 1919 vol 121 cc1460-1W
Mr. HOHLER

asked 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 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. CHURCHILL

The 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
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