§ Mr. Tilneyasked the Secretary of State for War to state in table form the cost, per head, for the last financial year for which figures are available, of administering a member of the Territorial Forces in each Territorial and Auxiliary Forces Association.
§ Mr. HeadThe following table covers the financial year 1954–55:
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Association Army R.A.F. Establishment Cost a head Establishment Cost a head (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) £ £ £ £ Perth … 1,916 14.1 36 16.8 Renfrew and Bute … 3,229 8.3 13 27.9 Roxburgh, Berwick, Selkirk … 1,152 11 — — Shropshire … 2,578 8.9 — — Somerset … 4,272 13.2 771 3.3 Stafford … 12,054 6.7 372 10.5 Stirling, Clackmannan, Kinross … 2,895 5.9 — — Suffolk … 3,649 8.5 293 2.9 Surrey … 9,555 7.8 212 9 Sussex … 7,818 7.3 359 5.1 Warwick … 13,005 5.1 824 1.5 Wiltshire … 2,964 8.5 62 2.7 Worcester … 3,727 8.2 — — Yorks (East Riding) … 5,723 5 255 2.9 Yorks (North Riding) … 4,967 4.8 601 1.9 Yorks (West Riding) … 31,352 4.8 1,018 8.6 Zetland … 249 10.8 — — TOTAL … 460,248 17,303 Overall cost a head … 6.4 4.9 Note.—Expenses extraneous to the Territorial Army, i.e. Cadets, Home Guard, have been excluded except for items where a split is not possible, e.g. heating, lighting and cleaning of a T.A. centre which was also used by Cadet and/or Home Guard units.