SHORTMr. asked the Secretary of State for War the total cost of the maintenance of the Army forces in Iraq during 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, and 1925, respectively?
§ Sir L. WORTHINGTON-EVANSfigures are as follow:
Expenditure from Army Funds on Forces in Iraq. £ 1919–20 … … 45,312,975 (a) (b) (c) 1920–21 … … 37,089,829 (b) (c) 1921–22 … … 19,251,139 (c) 1922–23 … … 2,919,043 (c) 1923–24 … … 497,633 (d) 1924–25 … … 285,967 (d)* 1925–26 … … 274,500 (d)† (*Subject to audit.) (†Estimated.) (a) Head I (Maintenance of the standing Army), figure only.
(b) Includes expenditure in Persia.
(c) Includes expenditure on Indian native troops (for six months only in 1922–1923).
(d) Excludes Indian native troops which have been administered by the Air Ministry since 1st October, 1922.