§ Mr. LAMBERTasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the amount of Exchequer issues for the Defence Forces for each year 1925 to 1934, inclusive, the estimated provision for 1934–35, and the corresponding figures for 1913–14?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINThe following table gives the actual expenditure as
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Year. Army. Navy. Air. Total. Non-effective expenditure. Total effective expenditure. Total Budget expenditure. (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) £000. £000. £000. £000. £000. £000. £000. Appropriation Accounts: 1913–4 28,366 48,733 — 77,099 6,860 70,239 197,493 Estimates: 1914–5 28,845 51,550 — 80,395 6,966 73,429 207,021 Appropriation Accounts: 1925–6 44,343 60,005 15,450 119,798 16,352 103,446 826,100 1926–7 43,248 57,143 15,355 115,746 16,285 99,461 842,395 1927–8 43,646 58,123 15,113 116,882 16,771 100,111 838,585 1928–9 40,797 57,139 16,092 114,028 16,937 97,091 818,041 1929–30 40,856 55,988 16,880 113,724 17,240 96,484 829,494 1930–1 40,073 52,274 17,632 109,979 17,575 92,404 881,037 1931–2 38,445 51,015 17,869 107,329 17,558 89,771 851,118 1932–3 35,978 50,164 17,057 103,199 17,443 85,756 859,310 Estimates: 1933–4 37,950 53,570 17,426 108,946 17,754.5 91,191.5 781,025 1934–5 39,600 56,550 17,561 113,711 17,917 95,794 790,442 shown in the Appropriation Accounts for the years 1913–14 and 1925–26 to 1932–33. For the years 1914–15, 1933–34 and 1934–35, the figures are those shown in the Estimates approved by Parliament. The table also shows, for each year, the amounts expended from the Defence Votes in respect of non-effective charges and the total Budget expenditure. It will be seen that the total actual effective expenditure in 1913–14 was £70.2 millions, and that the total estimated effective expenditure for 1934–35 is £95.8 millions, but that no attempt has been made to adjust the figures to allow for changes in the value of money.