§ Mr. PERKINSasked the Under-Secretary of state for Air the total number of air liners owned by Imperial Airways, and the total number owned by France, Germany, Italy, and Belgium at the last available date?
§ Sir P. SASSOONThe latest comparable figures which are available relate to 31st March last. On that date the number of aircraft employed on regular air services by Imperial Airways and on similar services in the case of France, Germany, Italy and Belgium were 32, 269, 177, 77 and 46, respectively.
§ Mr. PERKINSasked the Under-Secretary of State for Air the total number of service machines in the British Air Force and the total number of service machines in the air forces of the following countries: France, Italy, America, Russia, and Rumania, on 1st January, 1919, and 1st January, 1931?
§ Sir P. SASSOONThe foreign countries specified do not, so far as I am aware, make public the total number of service machines held by them. My hon. Friend will, however, find a good deal of information as to the number of aircraft in first-line and immediate reserve in the relevant sections of the Armaments Year Book for 1932, including the returns rendered by the several countries to the League of Nations in connection with the Disarmament Conference.