§ Commander BELLAIRSasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury what was the non-effective expenditure in the £77,000,000 spent on the fighting services in 1913-14; the similar expenditure included in the £117,000,000 spent in 1924-25; and the amount included in the Estimates of the present year?
Mr. GUINNESSThe net figures are as follow:—
— Navy. Army. Air Force. £ £ £ 1913–14.Actual 2,944,549 3,915,703 — 1924–25.Latest forecast 8,067,300 7,834,000 107,690 1925–26.Estimate 8,130,800 7,819,000 143,000