HC Deb 15 December 1925 vol 189 cc1232-3W
Sir F. WISE

asked the Secretary of State for War the number of cavalry regiments and the cost in pre-War days and in 1925–26, respectively?

Sir L. WORTHINGTON-EVANS

The total number of cavalry regiments on

— British Establishment. Indian Establishment.
1914–15. 1925–26. 1914–15. 1925–26.
Household Cavalry … … … 3 2 — —
Cavalry of the Line … … … 19 14 9 6

The effective cost included in Army Estimates for the cavalry was approximately £1,533,000 in 1914–15, and £1,909,000 in 1925–26, but the basis of the figures for the two years is not quite the same.