– in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 14 July 1947.
" I. Whereas it appears by the Navy Services Appropriation Account lor the year ended the 31st day of March 1946, that, as shown in the Schedule hereunto appended, the total surpluses and deficits on Navy Votes for that year are as follows:—
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |
| Total Surpluses, viz.;— | ||||||
| Surpluses of actual as compared with estimated receipts (Vote 2–6 and –16) | — | 55,106,623 | 12 | 4 | ||
| Deduct — Sum to be surrendered to the Exchequer in respect of the Excess of receipt over the total of Appropriations-in-Aid authorised by Parliament | — | 8,215,984 | 15 | 7 | ||
| 46,890,638 | 16 | 9 | ||||
| Total Deficits, viz.:— | ||||||
| Deficiencies of actual as compared with estimated receipts (Votes 1 and 7) | 46,890,638 | 16 | 9 | — | ||
| Excusses of acutal over estimated gross expenditure | 721,843,260 | 15 | 11 | — | ||
| 768,733,899 | 12 | 8 | ||||
| Net Deficit charged to Vote of Credit | £721,843,260 | 15 | 11 | |||
| And whereas the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury have temporarily authorised the application of that part of the surplus receipts relaised under votes 2 to 6 and 8 to 6 which is required to make good the defict in receipts under Votes 1 and 7. | ||||||
Mr Hartley Shawcross
, St Helens
I do not think I can answer without guessing, and my guess might be wrong. I will read in the OFFICIAL REPORT what the hon. and gallant Member has said, and I may be able to tell him tomorrow.
| SCHEDULE. | ||||||||||
| No. of Vote | Navy Services, 1945–46, Votes | Deficits | Surpluses | |||||||
| Excesses of actual over estimated gross Expenditure | Deficiencies of actual as compared with estimated Receipts | Surpluses of actual as compared with estimated Receipts | ||||||||
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | ||
| 1 | Wages, &c., of Officers and Men of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines, and of certain other Personnel serving with the Fleet | 141,425,864 | 18 | 11 | 46,890,628 | 16 | 9 | — | ||
| 2 | Victualling and Clothing for the Navy | 69,900,922 | 8 | 2 | — | 11,914,474 | 10 | 0 | ||
| 3 | Medical Establishments and Services | 4,550,488 | 18 | 6 | — | 251,317 | 13 | 3 | ||
| 4 | Civilians employed on Fleet Services | 4,729,656 | 11 | 9 | — | 3,502 | 18 | 0 | ||
| 5 | Educational Services | 264,761 | 8 | 0 | — | 95,543 | 12 | 11 | ||
| 6 | Scientific Services | 4,639,451 | 18 | 1 | — | 135,079 | 3 | 7 | ||
| 7 | Royal Naval Reserves | 64,648 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | — | ||
| 8 | Shipbuilding, Repairs, Maintenance, &c.: | |||||||||
| Section I—Personnel | 35,051,894 | 9 | 5 | — | 446,642 | 14 | 1 | |||
| Section II—Matériel | 127,005,042 | 10 | 8 | — | 17,926,911 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Section III—Contract Work | 173,575,450 | 16 | 2 | — | 5,385,827 | 8 | 0 | |||
| 9 | Naval Armaments | 46,625,495 | 10 | 2 | — | 7,264,463 | 18 | 9 | ||
| 10 | Works, Buildings and Repairs at Home and Abroad | 26,413,858 | 8 | 7 | — | 630,004 | 17 | 9 | ||
| 11 | Miscellaneous Effective Services | 48,006,007 | 4 | 5 | — | 9,083,379 | 17 | 4 | ||
| 12 | Admiralty Office | 6,976,456 | 2 | 2 | — | 1,855 | 19 | 1 | ||
| 13 | Non-effective Services (Naval and Marine)—Officers | 2,155,298 | 7 | 9 | — | 5,064 | 6 | 5 | ||
| 14 | Non-effective Services (Naval and Marine)—Men | 5,957,511 | 9 | 8 | — | 16,770 | 14 | 11 | ||
| 15 | Civil Superannuation, Allowances and Gratuities | 2,203,728 | 6 | 4 | — | 6,752 | 16 | 2 | ||
| 16 | Merchant Shipbuilding | 22,220,455 | 15 | 1 | — | 1,939,032 | 1 | 5 | ||
| — | Balances Irrecoverable and Claims Abandoned | 76,267 | 8 | 9 | — | — | ||||
| 55,106,623 | 12 | 4 | ||||||||
| Deduct—Sum to be surrendered to the Exchequer in respect of the Excess of Receipts over the total of Appropriations-in-Aid authorised by Parliament | — | — | 8,215,984 | 15 | 7 | |||||
| 721,843,260 | 15 | 11 | 46,890,638 | 16 | 9 | Total Surpluses available | ||||
| Total Deficits £768,733,899 12 8 | £46,890,638 | 16 | 9 | |||||||
| Net Deficit met from Vote of Credit £721,843,260 15 11" | ||||||||||
| Resolved: "That the application of such surpluses be sanctioned."—[Mr. Glenvil Hall.] | ||||||||||
"II. Whereas it appears by the Army Services Appropriation Account for the year ended the 31st day of March 1946 that, as shown in the Schedule hereunto appended, the total surpluses and deficits on Army Votes for that year are as follows:—
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | ||||
| Total Surpluses, viz.:— | |||||||||
| Surpluses of actual as compared with estimated receipts (Votes 2–15) | … | … | … | — | 30,250,475 | 17 | 9 | ||
| Total Deficits, viz.:— | |||||||||
| Deficiencies of actual as compared with estimated receipts (Vote 1) | … | … | … | 188,365,139 | 3 | 11 | — | ||
| Excesses of actual over estimated gross expenditure | … | … | … | 1,309,873,523 | 17 | 2 | — | ||
| 1,498,238,663 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Net Deficit charged to the Vote of Credit | £1,467,988,187 | 3 | 4 | ||||||
| SCHEDULE. | ||||||||||
| Deficits. | Surpluses. | |||||||||
| No. of Vote | Army Services, 1945–46, Votes | Excesses of Actual over estimated gross Expenditure | Deficiencies of actual as compared with estimated Receipts | Surpluses of actual as compared with estimated Receipts | ||||||
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | ||
| 1 | Pay, &c., of the Army | 570,436,884 | 8 | 2 | 188,365,139 | 3 | 11 | — | ||
| 2 | Territorial Army and Reserve Forces | 1,554.569 | 6 | 1 | — | 397,373 | 11 | 7 | ||
| 3 | Medical Services | 6,147,310 | 14 | 1 | — | 202,758 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 4 | Educational Establishments | 1,536,644 | 4 | 0 | — | 46,328 | 17 | 11 | ||
| 5 | Quartering and Movements | 135,324,127 | 17 | 1 | — | 5,347,496 | 18 | 11 | ||
| 6 | Supplies, Road Transport and Remounts | 310,111,770 | 7 | 2 | — | 13,306,390 | 14 | 4 | ||
| 7 | Clothing | 5,119,266 | 9 | 2 | — | 92,989 | 7 | 11 | ||
| 8 | General Stores | 43,179,430 | 19 | 0 | — | 728,155 | 19 | 10 | ||
| 9 | Warlike Stores | 3,736,078 | 6 | 7 | — | 771,101 | 6 | 8 | ||
| 10 | Works, Buildings and Lands | 73,983,901 | 15 | 9 | — | 5,275,600 | 13 | 4 | ||
| 11 | Miscellaneous Effective Services | 107,688,552 | 8 | 0 | — | 3,089,694 | 17 | 1 | ||
| 12 | War Office | 3,667,951 | 2 | 9 | — | 589 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 13 | Half-pay, Retired Pay and other Non-effective Charges for Officers | 4,039,507 | 5 | 7 | — | 395,858 | 13 | 0 | ||
| 14 | Pensions and other Non-effective Charges for Warrant Officers, Non-commissioned Officers, men and others | 1,932,012 | 6 | 11 | — | 595,373 | 6 | 1 | ||
| 15 | Civil Superannuation, Compensation and Gratuities | 536,608 | 0 | 2 | — | 764 | 4 | 5 | ||
| — | Balances Irrecoverable and Claims Abandoned | 40,878,908 | 6 | 8 | — | — | ||||
| 1,309,873,523 | 17 | 2 | 188,365,139 | 3 | 11 | Total Surpluses | ||||
| Total Deficits £1,498,238,663 1 1 | £30,250,475 | 17 | 9 | |||||||
| Net Deficit met from Vote of Credit £1,467,988,187 3 4" | ||||||||||
"III. Whereas it appears by the Air Services Appropriation Account for the year ended the 31st day of March 1946 that, as shown in the Schedule hereunto appended, the total surpluses and deficits on Air Votes for that year are as follows:—
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |||||
| Total Surpluses, viz.:— | ||||||||||
| Surpluses of actual as compared with estimated receipts (Votes 2–11) | … | … | … | … | — | 54,669,692 | 11 | 2 | ||
| Total Deficits, viz.:— | ||||||||||
| Deficiencies of actual as compared with estimated receipts (Vote 1) | … | … | … | … | 65,540,918 | 17 | 5 | — | ||
| Excesses of actual over estimated gross expenditure | … | … | … | … | 510,859,611 | 19 | 1 | — | ||
| 576,400,530 | 16 | 6 | ||||||||
| Net Deficit (charged to the Vote of Credit) | … | £521,730,838 | 5 | 4 | ||||||
| SCHEDULE. | ||||||||||
| Deficits. | Surpluses. | |||||||||
| No. of Vote | Army Services, 1945–46, Votes | Excesses of Actual over estimated gross Expenditure | Deficiencies of actual as compared with estimated Receipts | Surpluses of actual as compared with estimated Receipts | ||||||
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | ||
| 1 | Pay, &.c, of the Air Force | 268,070,249 | 6 | 1 | 65,540,918 | 17 | 5 | — | ||
| 2 | Quartering Non-Technical Stores, Supplies and Transportation | 56,177,732 | 13 | 5 | — | 3,786,452 | 14 | 10 | ||
| 3 | Technical and Warlike Stores | 91,504,150 | 17 | 4 | — | 48,410,094 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 4 | Works, Buildings and Lands | 63,196,497 | 1 | 2 | — | 1,940,584 | 10 | 0 | ||
| 5 | Medical Services | 845,275 | 13 | 6 | — | 16,179 | 6 | 7 | ||
| 6 | Educational Services | 1,116,327 | 8 | 2 | — | 10,691 | 7 | 3 | ||
| 7 | Reserve and Auxiliary Forces | 114,030 | 16 | 0 | — | 511 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 8 | Civil Aviation | 63,113 | 14 | 3 | — | 9,941 | 5 | 4 | ||
| 9 | Meteorological and Miscellaneous Effective Services | 24,151,757 | 9 | 7 | — | 467,622 | 15 | 7 | ||
| 10 | Air Ministry | 3,970,101 | 1 | 7 | — | 18,257 | 5 | 11 | ||
| 11 | Half-Pay, Pensions and other Non-effective Services | 1,588,847 | 15 | 3 | — | 9,357 | 10 | 8 | ||
| — | Balances Irrecoverable and Claims Abandoned | 61,528 | 2 | 9 | — | — | ||||
| 510,859,611 | 19 | 1 | 65,540,918 | 17 | 5 | Total Surpluses | ||||
| Total Deficits £576,400,530 16 6 | £54,669,692 | 11 | 2 | |||||||
| Net Deficit met from Vote of Credit £521,730,838 5 4" | ||||||||||
