§ Mr. HORE-BELISHAasked the First Lord of the Admiralty how much money has been spent in each of His Majesty's dockyards on repairs to ships during the years 1927 and 1928, respectively, stating what items comprise the figures in each case; and how much for similar work has been paid to private firms.
§ Lieut.-Colonel HEADLAMExpenditure on repairs and alterations to His Majesty's ships in His Majesty's Dockyards in the financial year 1927–28 1455W is given in the following statement and is comprised of labour, of materials used and of establishment and incidental expenditure. Payments to contractors for similar work amounted to £232,673. This amount represents payments for "contract work" (Vote 8, Section III, Subheads A. to D. and G.) i.e. for machinery and gun mountings for ships repaired by the Dockyards, and payments under Subhead E. ("Repairs and Alterations by contract of ships
EXPENDITURE ON REPAIRS AND ALTERATIONS TO H.M. SHIPS IN H.M. DOCKYARDS DURING 1927 Yard. Labour. Materials. Establishment and incidental expenditure. Total. £ £ £ £ Portsmouth … … … 966,302 388,705 431,955 1,786,962 Devonport … … … 1,062,899 612,017 458,658 2,133,574 Chatham … … … 614,706 223,074 295,346 1,133,126 Sheerness … … … 196,570 25,132 94,838 316,540 Malta … … … 217,338 27,844 122,197 367,379 Gibraltar … … … 33,355 16,895 30,334 80,584 Hong Kong … … … 104.237 150,224 85,708 340 169 Bermuda … … … 63,372 18,171 44,104 125,647 Cape … … … 20,863 7,620 18,560 47,043 Total … … 3,279,642 1,469,682 1,581,700 6,331,024