§ Mr. TURNERasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the amount received in the last financial year from the German Government in respect of reparations, with the amount of the cost of the Army of Occupation and the proportion of the amount which the German Government have paid?
Mr. GRAHAMThe total receipts during the financial year 1923–24 (including paper marks to the value of £784,000 supplied in Germany itself) were £11,111,000. As stated by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for War, in reply to a question by the hon. Member for Barnstaple (Captain Tudor Rees) on the 13th May, the actual cost of the Army of Occupation was £1,560,000. But the amount for which Germany is liable towards the cost of the Armies of Occupation is limited by inter-Allied agreement. The British share for the last financial year is estimated at £1,200,000 which is a first charge on the receipts. This figure is included in the total of £11,111,000 given above, and Great Britain will thus be debited by the Reparation Commission as having received £9,911,000 on account of reparations proper.