§ MR. J. F. HOPE (Sheffield, Brightside)To ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he can state the total amounts in each of the last ten years of the unexpended balances of Votes surrendered into the Exchequer by the various Departments of Government.
(Answered by Mr. Austen Chamberlain.) Unexpended Balances of Votes surrendered to the Exchequer on account of the year: 1893–4, £566,374 3s. 0d.; 1894–5, £1,082,179 9s. 1d.; 1895–6, £808,045 3s. 2d.; 1896–7,£764,607 17s. 8d.; 1897–8, £2,120,159 9s. 3d.; 1898–9 £735,473 4s. 10d.; 1899–1900, £1,942,402 14s. 10d.; 1900–1901,
†See (4) Debates, cxxvii, 997.717 £1,427,905 7s. 11d.; 1901–2, £827,630 4s. 4d.; 1902–3, £1,338,342 5s. 8d.