§ Sir F. SYKESasked the Secretary of State for War the total expenditure in 1913–14, and the estimated expenditure in the current year, under Army Votes and the sums included therein, in respect of personnel, material, works, buildings and lands, the War Office, and other services, respectively; and the numbers of regular service personnel on the establishment in each of these years?
§ Sir L. WORTHINGTON-EVANSThe total cash expenditure in 1913–14 was £28,360,000, the estimated cash expenditure in 1925–26 is £44,500,000; the total of Vote A in the two years was 185,600 and 156,600 respectively, exclusive in the latter case of the Indian troops in the Middle East, the cost of which is borne on the Colonial Office Vote. As the Estimates for the two years are not prepared in the same form, the figures do not lend themselves readily to analysis on the lines asked for by my hon. and gallant Friend.