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Accountancy (Cost).

Oral Answers to Questions — British Army. – in the House of Commons at on 14 July 1925.

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Photo of Mr Cornelius Homan Mr Cornelius Homan , Ashton-under-Lyne

16.

asked the Secretary of State for War the total expenditure upon Army accountancy for the years 1922, 1923 and 1924, including Royal Army Pay Corps, Corps of Military Accountants, civilian employers and all overhead charges; and what percentage these sums represent of the total expenditure of his Department?

Photo of Mr Worthington Evans Mr Worthington Evans , Colchester

The amount included in Estimates for the Corps in question, including civilian employés and overhead charges (other than pensions) has been

£
1922–23 963,546
1923–24780,748
1924–25699,957
being respectively 1.54, 1.50 and 1.56 per cent, of the total estimated expenditure of the War Department.

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