§ Sir J. POWERasked the Secretary of State for War the estimated military expenditure of the principal military Powers for the present year and the actual expenditure for 1924 and 1913, respectively?
Mr. SHAW,pursuant to his reply [OFFICIAL REPOKT, 16th July, 1929; col. 241, Vol. 280], supplied the following statement:
1577WMilitary expenditure of Great Britain, France, German, Russia, Japan, Italy and the United States of America for the years 1913, 1924 and 1929. It should be noted that the figures in the Various budgets are not all compiled on similar bases and the difference in the circumstances prevailing in the different countries in the three years renders comparison hazardous.
Great Britain. £ 1913 … … 32,090,397 (a) 1924 … … 43,853,630 (b) 1929 … … 40,545,000 (c) France. Francs. 1913 … … 1,275,000,000 (d) (e) 1924 … … 3,660,573,860 (d) (e) 1029 … … 7,270,622,000 (e) (f) Germany. Marks. 1913 … … 1,602,000,000 (d) (e) 1924 … … 348,282,880 (e) 1929 … … 483,472,300 (e) Russia. Roubles. 1913 … … 581,000,000 1924 … … 391,600,000 (g) 1929 … … 850,700,000 (e) Japan. Yen. 1913 … … 95,500,000 (d) (e) 1924 … … 204,308,460 (d) (e) 1929 … … 232,077,550 (d) (e) Italy. Lire. 1913 … … 343,806,800 (h) 1924 … … 2,402,664,957 (h) 1929 … … 2,716,168,045 (h)
Year. Great Britain. South Wales and Monmouth. £ s. d. £ s. d. 1920 (excluding October to December)* … … 4 6 11 4 18 1 1921 (excluding April to June) … … 3 11 7 3 8 2 1922 … … 2 8 1 2 8 9 1923 … … 2 11 8 2 12 3 1924 … … 2 13 2 2 13 7 1925 … … 2 10 8 2 13 6 1926 (excluding May to December) … … 2 13 9 2 17 9 1927† … … 2 7 2 2 7 7 1928† … … 2 3 9 2 8 5 * The national dispute in 1920 lasted three weeks, but as quarterly returns only are available the period October to December has been excluded. † The figures for 1927 and 1928 relate to the years ended January, 1928, and January, 1929, respectively.