Why dividing the High Seas Fleet could have destabilised naval treaties

What if the surrendered High Seas Fleet had been divided among the Allies instead of scuttled?

Allied fleets would have scrambled to absorb the ships, making both the naval balance and a Washington-style treaty much harder to settle.

Britain feared that Allied navies might absorb ships from the High Seas Fleet, while the United States would have faced a more complicated balance when seeking naval limits. Recipient navies would not merely add hulls; some would gain a qualitative leap in design and operating capability. Every power would then have incentives to refit the ships, reorganise formations, and argue for treaty ratios that protected its new position. Scuttling at Scapa Flow removed that destabilising inventory before the Washington system was negotiated.