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MARCH 7, 1929 THE AIR ESTIMATES A Net Decrease of £50,000 sations and reinstatements, £'30,000 ; Incidental expenses of THE Air Estimates for the year 1929* were issued on March 2. Air Ministry estates, £13,000 ; Provision of telephone and and show a net decrease, as compared with last year's Esti- telegraph services, /1,000 ; Miscellaneous works services, mates, of £'50,000. The Gross Estimate is £19,645,100, but £9,000 ; Stores and plant for works (net), £19,000 ; Machine appropriations-in-aid are expected to reach £3,445,100, thus tools, £30,000 ; Gross total, £2,060,000; Deduct for probable reducing the total for effective and non-effective services to underspending on the Vote as a whole, £200,000 ; Appropria- £,16,200,000. Personnel shows a decrease of 500,.from 32,500 tions-in-aid, £160,000; Net toial, £1,700,000; Amount to 32,000. exactly the same as last year The following table shows the net amounts required under Vote 5, Medical Services : Pay and personal allowances of the various votes, and in order to facilitate comparison with officers, £133,500 ; Pay and personal allowances of airmen, previous year's Estimates we have included the figures for £92,000 ; Nursing service, £23,000 ; Fees, etc., to civilian the last five years. medical practitioners, £3,000 ; Civilians employed in hospitals NET ESTIMATES. Votes 1929 1928 1927-28 1926-27 1925-26 1924-25 1 Pay, etc., of R.A.F. . .... 3,323,000 3,401,0(10 3,160,000 3,405,000 3,412,000 2,941,000 2 Quartering, stores (except technical*, supplies and transport 1,676,000 1.711,0(10 1,365,000 1,507,000 1,459,00* 1,452,000 3 Technical and warlike stores (including experimental and research services) .. 6.585,000 6.567,000 6,424,000 6,091,000 5,650,006 6,050,000 4 Works buildings and land* .... 1,700.000 1,700,000 1.900,000 2,347,000 2,572,009 2,127,00(1 5 Medical services ' "' .... 306,000 310,000 203,000 209,000 204,000 195,000 6 Educational services .. • • 498,000 504,000 507,000 432,000 486,000 480,000 7 Auxiliary and Reserve Forces . . •. 556,000 554,000 500.000 406,000 348,000 284,000 8 Civil Aviation 450,000 415,000 464,000 462,000 357,0(10 355,000 9 Meteorological and miscellaneous effective 'services' '. 228,000 223,000 150,000 135,000 131,000 134,000 10 Air Ministrv . .. 661.000 657,000 687,000 761,000 751,OO» 710,000 Total effective sen-ices 15,983.000 16,042,000 15,360.00(1 15.755,000 15,370,000 14,728,(MHP 11 Non-effective services (half-pay pensions and other non-effective services) .. 217,000 208,000 190,000 245,000 143,00» 133,0OI> Total effective and non-effective services 16,200,000 16,250,000 15.550,000 16,000,000 15,513.000 14.861.0lHi Personnel. and sick quarters, £20,000 : Medical stores and supplies, The grouping and numbers of personnel this year are as fol- £14,000; Payments to hospitals, £29,000; Miscellaneous- lows:—Air Officers : Vote 1,22; Vote 5, 1 ; Vote 6,3 ; Vote 7, charges, £'2,000. Gross total, £316,500; Appropriations-in - 1 : Vote 10, 11. Total, 38 (a decrease of 3). Other Commis- aid, £10,500. Net total £306,000, being a net decrease of sioued Officers : Vote 1, 2,734 ; Vote 3, 31 ; Vote 5, 206 ; Vote 6, £4,000. 126; Vote 7, 75 ; Vote 10, 128. Total, 3,300 (a decrease of Educational Services, Vote 6, are estimated to require the 100). Cadets: Vote 6, 112 (a decrease of 13). Warrant following amounts: Imperial Defence College. £2,900; Officers : Vote 1, 330 ; Vote 5, 9 ; Vote 6, 66 ; Vote 7, 14 ; RAF. Staff College, Andover. £.14,250 ; R.A.F. College and Vote 10 1 (a decrease of 100). .Xon-commissioned Officers: Electrical and Wireless School, CranweU, £134,500; School Vote 1, 4,235 ; Vote 3, 2 ; Vote 5, 190 ; Vote 6, 432 ; Vote 7, of Technical Training (Apprentices), Halton, £253,000 ; School 138; Vote 10, 3; Total, 5,000 (same number as last year) of Technical Training (Men), Manston, £43,000; School of Aircraftmen: Vote 1, 18,073; Vote 5, 586; Vote 6. 887 ; Physical Training, Ixbridge, £2,500: School of Store Vote 7, 333; Vote 10, 1. Total, 19,880 (a decrease of 120). Accounting and Storekeeping, Kidbrooke, £3,000; General Apprentices: Vote 1, 250; Vote 6, 3,000. Total, 3.250 (a and vocational training, £50,500 ; Miscellaneous educational decrease of 250). Number to be voted 32 000, a decrease of services, £4,350; Gross total, £508,000; Appropriations- 500. in-aid, £10,000 ; Net total, /498.000. Net decrease, £6,000. Financial Expenditure Vote 7, Auxiliary and Reserve Forces, R.A.F. Reserve: \ote 1 : The summarised statement of the amounts esti- pav and personal allowances of permanent staff, £4,300 ; mated to be required for pay, etc., of the Royal Air Force is Pay and personal allowances during training, £13,000; as follows : Pay and personal allowances of officers, £1,209,000. Retaining fees and reserve pay, £237,600; Payments to Pay and personal allowances of airmen, £2,092,000 ; marriage civil companies for training courses, £169,000 ; Miscellaneous allowances, £133,000 ; Miscellaneous allowances and pay- expenses, £1,200; Special Reserve and Auxiliary Air Force :• ments, £29,750; Civilians, £845,500; Service gratuities pav and personal allowances of headquarters staff, £9,700 to airmen on discharge, etc., £14,000 ; Recruiting staff and Special Reserve : Pay and personal allowances of regular expenses, £8,750 , Gross total, £4,332,000 ; appropriations- personnel, /61,000 ; Training, £4,000; Miscellaneous ex- in-aid, £'1,009,000 ; Net total, £3,323,000. Net decrease, penses, £1,000. Auxiliary Air Force : Pay and personal £78,000. allowances of regular staff. £34,000; Grants to Count Under Vote 2, the summarised figures are :—Lodging Associations, £€,400; Training, /8.000; Miscellaneous allowances and billeting, £114,000; Barrack services, expenses, /1,500. University Air 'Squadrons: Pay and /56.000 ; Fuel and light, £210,000 ; General stores, £156.000 ; personal allowances of instructors, etc., ^4,200 ; Miscellaneous Clothing, £271,000 ; Provisions and horses, £626,000 ; Trans- expenses, /900. Voluntarv Aid Detachments : Miscellaneous port, £375,000. Gross total, /1,808,000. Appropriations- expenses, 7300 • Gross total, /556.100 ; Appropriations-in- in-aid, £'132,000. Net total /1.676,000. Net decrease, aid /1OO.~ Net total, £556,000. Net increase, £2.000. /or ftftfi jja.uyv. Vote 8, Civil Aviation, is estimated to require the following Vote 3. Technical and Warlike Stores, prov.des for the amounts :_Civil aviation aerodromes. £29.000 ; Air routes, following.amounts: Aeroplanes seaplanes, engines and survevs> etc, £22,000; Technical equipment. £10.000; Works, spares, £f,32£000 ; Experimental and research establish- bui|di'ngs arKflar)ds, /30.000 ; Miscellaneous: £2.000 ; Inter- ments, £i 13,000; Inspection -servuees^ £168 000 ; Aircraft nationafi, Aircraft Exhibition. £7,000 ; Civil aviation subsidies, technical and J*arhke storey £146,000 ; Armament and ^.OOO. Gross total, £473,000 ; Appropriations-in-aid, ammunrtion, ,301,000;: Electrical stores -/224.000 ; Miace - ~m.<m. Net total, £450,000. Net increase, £35,00ff. laneous research and development, £08,000 ; Miscel- * ' n „, ,,,,,,. „ r-Z . c • laneous materials, £194,000 ; Balloons and hangars, £27,000 ; Vote 9- Meteorological and Miscellaneous hffutm SOTIOT . Mechanical and other transport /284 000 • Petrol and oil Salaries and allowances of the Meterological Office, £50,:>00 ; £'560.000; Rewards to inventors "and miscellaneous claims Salaries, wages and allowances of staff at meteorological (including war liabilities), £50,000 ; Purchase of airships, stations, £:>8,500 ; Fuel, light and transport, £4,000 ; Instni- £92.000:' Airship development, /299.000 : Gross total, ments' equipment stores and research. £10,000; Works £9.095.000. Deduct for probable underspending /450.OOO. services, £6,aOO ; Telegraphic, telephone and miscellaneous Appropriat.ons-m-aid/2,060,000. Not total /6.585.000. Net charges, £13 700 ; Superannuation. £,1,800 ; Appropnations- increase £18,000. ~ " in-aid, £12,.w0. Net total, Meteorological services, £\SZ,bW The summarised statement under Vote 4 is as follows • Miscellaneous Effective Services : Compensation for losses, Staff for works services, £231,000 ; New works, additions and etc•• i12'0™- Losses b>' exchange, etc.. £300 ; Fay"*"* ,to alterations amounting to £2,500 each and upwards, £1,007.000; the War °^cc ,m respect of Prison Services £1 50C. Te ; New works, addition? and alterations under ii: 500 each graphic and telephonic charges, postage abroad, £bO,ZUU , /120,000 ; Ordinary repairs renewals and fn-iintt-nancf' Miscellaneous, £24,000 ; Allowances to ministers of religion,£75,000; Grants toward^th^r of worE /ToW) £7,000; Appropriation., in-aid. ^9.500. Net total .Miscel- Purchases of lands and buildings /115 000 Rents romrxri laneous Effective Services, £95,500. Gross total, vote M. • g-,£M»,»w, Kent-,, compen ^ ^ Appropriations-in aid, £22,000, Net total. Vote * Printed and published by H.M. Stationery Offic*, Price 4*. 6d. net. 9, £228,000. Net increase, £5,000. „-•„--, • - 184 , •-. .-;.. - ••-.,.• ••-••-• -•• .-/^- -.•----• —
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