§ Mr. G. HALLasked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he will state the 820W total sum and the percentage of the total allotted to reconstruction, large scale repairs, and alterations of His Majesty's ships spent with the private trade and with His Majesty's dockyards during each year from 1924 to 1933, respectively; and the total sum forecast to have been spent daring 1934 and the percentage of that sum, the total sum estimated to be spent during 1935 and the percentage of that sum, to be spent with the private trade and His Majesty's dockyards, respectively?
Sir B. EYRES MONSELLThe figures are as follow:
Total. Expenditure: £ 1924 2,501,384 1925 2,677,844 1926 2,862,568 1927 2,922,472 1928 2,449,390 1929 2,318,709 1930 1,896,673 1931 1,627,249 1932 1,174,788 1933 1,362,977 Estimated Expenditure: 1934 1,787,635 1935 2,628,584 Oncosts and services have been excluded. All the repairs and alterations concerned have been or are expected to be carried out in the Royal Dockyards.