GOVERNMENT DOCKYARDS (COST).

HC Deb 27 July 1925 vol 187 c62W

Sir F. WISE

asked the First Lord of the Admiralty the cost of each Government dockyard, respectively, in 1913–14, and the estimated cost in 1925–26?

Mr. DAVIDSON

I presume my hon. Friend refers to the establishment and incidental expenses (salaries, works, and machinery costs, general yard expenses, police, pensions, etc.) On this basis the figures are as follow:

		1913–14.	1925–26.
		£	£
Portsmouth	…	523,083	1,038,579
Devonport	…	389,044	840,218
Chatham	…	317,879	746,077
Rosyth	…	—	274,297
Sheerness	…	154,529	188,615
Pembroke	…	66,666	129,276
Haulbowline	…	45,605	—
Total	…	£1,496,806	£3,217,062

Note.—Haulbowline Dockyard has been disposed of, and Rosyth was not completed till after the outbreak of war.