Written Answers To Questions
Friday, 27th April, 1956
Ministry Of Defence
Defence Expenditure And Estimates
asked the Minister of Defence if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT the division of the defence budget
| ACTUAL NET EXPENDITURE | ||||||||||
| £ Million (a) | ||||||||||
| — | 1951–52 | 1952–53 | 1953–54 | 1954–55 | 1955–56 (b) | |||||
| 1. Pay, etc., of Service Personnel | … | 249 | 262 | 263 | 280 | — | ||||
| 2. Pay, etc., of Reserve Forces, etc. | … | 14 | 18 | 17 | 20 | — | ||||
| 3. Pay, etc., of civilians | … | … | … | 124 | 136 | 144 | 155 | — | ||
| 4. Movements | … | … | … | … | 52 | 54 | 55 | 53 | — | |
| 5. Supplies | … | … | … | … | … | 126 | 155 | 159 | 156 | — |
| 6. Production and research | … | … | 395 | 660 | 662 | 680 | — | |||
| 7. Works | … | … | … | … | … | 117 | 149 | 130 | 118 | — |
| 8. Miscellaneous effective services | … | 10 | 7 | 13 | 18 | — | ||||
| 9. Non-effective charges | … | … | 36 | 36 | 40 | 40 | — | |||
| 10. Totals before appropriation-in-aid of American aid receipts | … | … | 1,123 | 1,477 | 1,483 | 1,520 | — | |||
| 11. Totals providing for the appropriation-in-aid of American aid receipts | … | 1,123 | 1,392 | 1,358 | 1,458 | — | ||||
| NET ESTIMATES PUBLISHED IN ANNEX II TO STATEMENTS ON DEFENCE | ||||||||||
| £ million | ||||||||||
| — | 1951–52 (c) | 1952–53 | 1953–54 | 1954–55 | 1955–56 | |||||
| 1. Pay, etc., of Service Personnel | … | — | 254 | 269 | 265 | 267 | ||||
| 2. Pay, etc., of Reserve Forces, etc. | … | — | 18 | 18 | 21 | 21 | ||||
| 3. Pay, etc., of civilians | … | … | — | 133 | 148 | 155 | 163 | |||
| 4. Movements | … | … | … | … | — | 50 | 57 | 56 | 54 | |
| 5. Supplies | … | … | … | … | … | — | 149 | 172 | 183 | 164 |
| 6. Production and research | … | … | — | 652 | 746 | 748 | 664 | |||
| 7. Works | … | … | … | … | … | — | 162 | 171 | 156 | 143 |
| 8. Miscellaneous effective services | … | — | 8 | 16 | 16 | 20 | ||||
| 9. Non-effective charges | … | … | — | 36 | 39 | 40 | 41 | |||
| 10. Totals before appropriation-in-aid of American aid receipts | … | … | — | 1,462 | 1,636 | 1,640 | 1,537 | |||
| 11. Totals providing for the appropriation-in-aid of American aid receipts | … | — | 1,377 | 1,496 | 1,555 | 1,494 | ||||
| NOTES: | ||||||||||
| (a) For accounting reasons it is not possible to subdivide actual expenditure with complete accuracy into the headings used for Annex II of the annual statements on Defence. The figures in the table are subject to this qualification. | ||||||||||
| (b) Details of actual expenditure are not yet available. | ||||||||||
| (c) No Statement on Defence was published in 1951. | ||||||||||
National Finance
Furskin Garments (Tax)
asked the Secretary to the Treasury why Statutory Instrument. 1956, No. 485, has been made, which
under the principal headings for the financial years 1951–52, 1952–53, 1953–54, 1954–55, and 1955–56, together with the estimates as published in the respective Defence Statements.
The information is as follows:reduces from 50 per cent. to 5 per cent. the rate of Purchase Tax on garments made of rabbits' skin or of woolled sheep or lambs' skin.
This Order was made because the 50 per cent. rate with no D relief was more than the goods concerned would bear, a position which threatened to have adverse effects on the fur trade as a whole, including the important export trade in furskins. The garments concerned now bear the same rate of tax as garments made of cloth or imitation fur, with which they are directly competitive.
British Army
Grade Iii Personnel
asked the Secretary of State for War how many Grade III men are serving in the Army at the present time.
About 10,000.