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1935 - 0512.PDF
FLIGHT. MARCH 7, ly35 The Air Estimates.— Appropriations-in-aid, £17,000. Met total, £298,000. Net increase, £3,000. Vote 6.—Technical Training and Educational Services: Imperial Defence College, pay and allowances and contribution towards general expenditure, £2,900; R.A.F. Staff College, Andover, salaries, wages and contingencies, £12,000; R.A.F. College, Electrical and Wireless School, and School of Store Accounting and Storekeeping, Cranwell, salaries, wages and contingencies, £131,000; School of Technical Training (Appren tices), Halton, salaries, wages and contingencies, £188,000; School of Technical Training (Men), Manston, salaries, wages and contingencies, £24,000; School of Physical Training. Uxbridge, salaries and wages, £2,900; General educational ser vices, £64,500; Miscellaneous educational charges, £9,700. Gross total, £435,000. Appropriations-in-aid, £13,000. Net total, £422,000. Net increase, £49,000. Vote 7.—Auxiliary and Reserve Forces: Pay and personal allowances of regular staff, £4,100; Pay and personal allowances during training, £27,000; retaining fees and reserve pay, £167,000; Payments to civil companies for training courses, £166,000; Miscellaneous expenses, £2,500. Special Reserve; Training, £4,600; Miscellaneous expenses, £400. Auxiliary Air Force: Pay and personal allowances of H.Q. staff, £11,800; Pay and personal allowances of regular staff of squadrons, £55,100; Grants to county associations, £11,000; Training, £10,800; Miscellaneous expenses, £2,200. Auxiliary Air Force Reserve: Training, £ioo. University Air Squadrons: Pay and personal allowances of instructors, etc., £5,900; Miscellaneous expenses, £1,300. Voluntary Aid Detachments: Miscellaneous expenses, £300. Gross total, £470,100. Appropriations-in-aid, £100. Net total, £470,000. Net increase, £76,000. Vote 8.—Civil Aviation: Salaries and wages, £47,000; Sup plies and transportation, £9,000; technical equipment, stores and experimental services, £127,000; Works, buildings and lands, £53.000; Miscellaneous, £9,000; Subsidies and grants. £503,000. Gross total, £748,000. Appropriations-in-aid, £153,000 Net total, £595,000 Net increase, £82,000. Vote 9.—Meteorological and Miscellaneous Effective Services: Salaries and allowances of staff of the Meteorological Office, £52,000; salaries, wages and allowances of staff at Meteorologi cal stations. £74.500; Fuel, light and transportation, £4,700; Instruments, equipment, stores and research, £12,500; Works services, £7,000; Telegraph, telephone, and miscellaneous charges, £18,800; Superannuation, £1,000; Miscellaneous effective services: Compensation for losses, £10,000; Losses by exchange, payments of commission, etc., £500; Aerodrome' guards furnished from the Iraq Army, £98,000; Telegraph and telephone charges, postage abroad, £68,500; Miscellaneous, £34,500; Allowances to ministers of religion, £8,000; Pay ments to civil companies for prelimiaary flying training of regular personnel, £19,000. Gross total, £409,000. Appropria tions-in-aid £28,000. Net total, £381,000.* Net increase, £40,000. * Includes approximate!) £1,000 and £1,700 for services hitherto pro Tided for under Vote 1, subhead E, and Vote 3, subhead B. Vote 10.—Air Ministry: Salaried wages, etc., £757.500; Appropriations-in-*id, £5,500. Net total, £752,000. Net increase, £95,000. Vole 11.—Half-pay, Pensions, and other Non-effective Ser vices'. Rewards to officers and airmen, £370; Half-pay of officers, £8,500; Service and disability retired pay and gratui ties of officers and nurses, £234,000; Wound pensions—officers, £530; Service and disability pensions and gratuities—airmen, £80,300; Pensions, gratuities and allowances to widows, children, etc., of deceased officers and airmen, £30,500; Civil non-effective payments—recurrent charges £16,100; Civil non effective payments—gratuities and other non-recurrent charges, £14,000; Injury grants, £8,800; Commutation of retired pay. pensions, etc., £35,000; Relief fund, £500; Miscellaneous non effective payments, £9,900. Gross total, £444,500. Appro priations-in-aid, £39.500. Net total, £405,000.* Net increase, £12,000. * Includes approximately £S,00fl in respect of the R.A.E., Farnborough formerly provided under Vote 8, subhead B. MEMORANDUM BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR AIR Financial Summary T HE gross total oi Air Estimates foi 1935, at £23,851,100, reflects the first stage of the expansion scheme approved by Parliament last summer in an increase of £3,685,500 over the corresponding figure for 1934 • The increase in the net total, at £20,650,000, is £3,089,000. Strict economy has again been exercised throu individual Votes and Subheads; and a substantial has also been made for the 'underspending, due to delays, which experience has shown to be the accompaniment of a major programme of expansion, ticularly in connection with works services. The following table summarises the comparative, 1934 and 1935:— ghout the allowance unforeseen inevitable par-more figures for Gross Estimate Deduct Fleet Air Arm grant Deduct Other Appropriations-in-aid Net Estimate ... 1035 £ 23,851,100 1,873,000 1,328,100 (20.650,000 1B34 20,165,600 1,338,000 1,266,600 £17,561,000 •: 0,089,000 General Policy Twelve months ago, in the memorandum accompanying Ait Estimates for 1934, ^ls Majesty's Government made it plain that they could not, in the interests of our national and In; perial security, accept a position of continuing inferiority in the air. Accordingly, last summer, having regard to the rapid development of foreign air forces and the failure to date of the Disarmament Conference to produce concrete results, they reached the reluctant decision that there was no 'option but to put in hand the long-delayed expansion of the Royal Air Force; and a programme to this end was announced to Parliament in July. This provides for the addition of a total of 41I squadrons by the end of 1938, and, on its com pletion, the total first-line strength of the Royal Air Force in regular squadrons will be approximately 1,330 aircraft. In addition, there will be some 130 aircraft in non-regular squad rons. Four of the 41^ squadrons were formed in 1934, and a further 25 are to be formed in the years 1935 an<l I93(' The programme is being so arranged that it will be possible to retard or accelerate it in accordance with the requirements of the international situation. Discussions have recently been initiated between the prin cipal countries of Western Europe with a view to the con clusion of an Air Pact giving greater definition to the Locarno Treaties, and designed to afford protection to its signatories against the risk of unprovoked attacks from the air. His Majesty's Government take the view that the conclusion oi such a Pact should be of the utmost value in the maintenance of European peace, as affording a powerful deterrent to aggression; and it is their earnest hope that it may facilitate the early limitation of the air forces of the world by general international agreement. Strength, Distribution and Organisation of the Royal Air Force In J935 eleven new squadrons will be added to the Home Defence Force. This will then comprise 54 squadrons-of which 41 will be regular and the balance Auxiliary Air Force or Cadre (Special Reserve) squadrons. Further, the Fleet Air Arm will be increased by 19 first line aircraft. These new formations will raise the total strength of the Royal Air Force, including the Fleet Air Arm, to the equiva lent of io6| squadrons, viz., 93I regular squadrons, supple mented by the 13 non-regular squadrons of the Home Defence Force. Operational Activities Overseas Operational activities by the Royal Air Force, overseas in 1934 naV J been confined to the repression of comparauw minor disturbances, but further practical illustration has forthcoming of the humanity and effectiveness of the air in the maintenance of peace in primitive tribal territory. Development of Air Routes, Long-distance Flights, and Exercises Numerous long-distance and inter-Command flights we again carried out in 1934. sjerri Thus in January and February a flight from Aden ™ 8 Leone and back was undertaken by four aircraft 0 ^ (Bomber) Squadron. This flight had unfortunately w tailed owing to an outbreak of yellow fever in ('arot/'"d 0„t A series of inter-Command flights were also car ^ between Iraq and Egypt, India and Singapore, and Egypt. The range of these inter-Command trami.°dyy in and the number of aircraft engaged, have been 5 tice of creased of recent years, and, where possible, the p ^ carrying maintenance personnel and stores by tra ^ ^^ craft has been further developed in accordance witn of making these flights as self-contained as possiDie.
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