§ Lieut.-Colonel CROFTasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Munitions whether al surplus blankets have now been sold; and, if so, at what price?
Mr. HOPEThe answer to the first part of the question is in the negative, and the second part does not, therefore, arise.
§ Lieut.-Colonel CROFTasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Munitions what was the cost of the transport of surplus blankets from where they were stored to the new store at Dagenham; what number of blankets were transported; and what was the cost of transport per blanket?
Mr. HOPEThe total cost of the transfer of the blankets from Tilbury to Dagenham, which was effected at the instance of the Ministry of Transport in order to clear a bonded warehouse and thus lessen dock congestion, was £715 12s. 10d. This includes the railway 1103W freight rate, Port of London Authority charges, and handling and stacking charges both ends. 215,387 blankets were moved, and the charge is equivalent to 79 of a penny per blanket, or a little over ¾d.