§ Mr. HORE-BELISHAasked the First Lord of the Admiralty the total sums spent on ships laid down and completed in Government yards and private yards, respectively, during the years 1927 and 1928; and of what items these totals are comprised?
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TOTAL SUMS SPENT ON SHIPS LAID DOWN AND COMPLETED IN GOVERNMENT YARDS DURING 1927 AND 1928. Ship. Laid down. Completed. Labour. Materials. Contract work. Establishment and incidental expenditure. Total. £ £ £ £ £ Dorsetshire … 21–9–27 — 116,684 112,577 552,957 73,494 855,712 Suffolk … — 24–8–27 399,065 277,548 1,233,467 226,857 2,136,937 Oberon … — 24–8–27 318,295 74,695 88,177 126,319 607,486 Odin … 23–6–27 — 155,898 51,820 45,811 69,133 322,162 Adventure … — 5–5–27 452,173 251,845 364,759 177,413 1,246,190 Cornwall … — 8–5–28 412,267 275,115 1,269,345 223,830 2,180,557 Exeter … 1–8–28 — 35,918 55,433 215,343 31,010 337,704 Kent … — 22–6–28 398,998 275,578 1,137,609 229,148 2,041,333 Devonshire … — 18–3–29 329,830 235,854 906,809 166,429 1,638,922 London … — 31–1–29 361,273 253,462 942,980 200,758 1,758,473 Parthian … 30–6–28 — 46,745 25,883 4,316 23,406 100,350 and vessels and their machinery and stores". The payments under Sub-head E. amount to £154,310. This latter amount includes sums for replace parts of machinery supplied for ships repaired by the Dockyards; the payments for repairs actually executed in contractors' yards were almost entirely in respect of establishments abroad and amounted approximately to £112,200. The corresponding figures for the financial year 1928–29 are not yet available.
§ Lieut.-Colonel HEADLAMThe information is given in the following statements. The figures are exclusive of the expenditure on guns. For ships incomplete the expenditure has been taken to January, 1929.
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TOTAL SUMS SPENT ON SHIPS LAID DOWN AND COMPLETED IN PRIVATE YARDS DURING 1927 AND 1928. Contract Built. Ship. Laid down. Completed. Dockyard* Contract work. Establishment and incidental expenditure. Total. Labour. Materials. £ £ £ £ £ Nelson — 10–8–27 18,216 171,525 5,571,300 221,776 5,982,817 Rodney — 10–11–27 15,821 172,103 5,683,982 229,200 6,101,106 Berwick — 2–11–27 19,775 59,846 1,804,808 92,165 1,976,594 Cumberland — 11–12–27 14,014 58,981 1,717,492 87,076 1,877,563 Norfolk 8–7–27 — 7,006 1,463 938,704 39,396 986,569 Shropshire 24–2–27 — 10,609 25,004 1,331,674 57,307 1,424,594 Sussex 1–2–27 — 10,867 36,407 1,570,263 69,568 1,687,105 York 16–5–27 — 5,303 1,366 902,690 37,331 946,690 Amazon — 5–5–27 6,141 14,921 283,166 16,547 320,775 Ambuscade — 9–4–27 6,085 15,575 289,567 17,284 328,511 Olympus 14–4–27 — 6,950 2,569 166,053 9,615 185,187 Orpheus 14–4–27 — 6,926 2,664 128,084 8,039 145,713 Osiris 12–5–27 — 6,986 3,029 242,340 12,697 266,052 Oswald 30–5–27 — 6,953 2,472 186,972 10,433 206,830 Otus 31–5–27 — 6,980 2,390 170,962 9,858 190,190 Medway 12–4–27 — 2,792 13,019 722,601 31,537 769,949 Resource 30–8–27 — 239 6,863 459,684 19,572 486,358 Peterel — 30–11–27 272 757 67,937 3,055 72,021 Tern — 21–11–27 243 869 59,033 2,659 62,804 Ardent 30–7–28 — 2,512 815 39,630 2,762 45,719 Arrow 20–8–28 — 2,512 816 28,749 2,288 34,365 Antelope 11–7–28 — 2,519 822 34,745 2,553 40,639 Codrington 20–0–28 — 2,516 816 51,378 3,277 57,987 Acasta 13–8–28 — 2,514 814 28,105 2,263 33,696 Achates 11–9–28 — 2,513 813 24,333 2,099 29,758 Acheron 29–10–28 — 2,515 820 43 1,039 4,417 Active 10–7–28 — 2,518 822 38,349 2,710 44,399 Anthony 30–7–28 — 2,515 817 61,226 3,706 68,264 Pandora 9–7–28 — 4,953 1,391 16,372 2,981 25,697 Perseus 2–7–28 — 4,953 1,391 35,773 3,826 45,943 Poseidon 5–9–28 — 4,953 1,391 33,472 3,726 43,542 Phoenix 23–7–28 — 4,952 1,390 30,060 3,579 39,981 Proteus 18–7–28 — 4,951 1,389 19,591 3,118 29,049 Gannet — 6–3–28 808 1,072 67,529 3,394 72,803 Seamew — 1–4–28 378 727 58,812 2,667 62,584 Bridgewater 6–2–28 — 210 2,178 66,237 3,052 71,677 Sandwich 9–2–28 — 280 3,444 61,887 3,113 68,724 * Expenditure in H.M. Dockyards.