HC Deb 18 March 1904 vol 132 cc51-2
MR. JOHN ELLIS (Nottinghamshire, Rushcliffe)

To ask the hon. Member for Chorley, as representing the First Commissioner of Works, what sums were voted and spent respectively on works of sanitation or improvement in the House of Commons, its precincts, and Committee Rooms during the financial years 1901–2, 1902–3, and 1903–4, and what amounts of such sums have been attributable to recommendations of any Committee of the House.

(Answered by Lord Balcarres.) The amounts are as follows:—

Voted. Expended.
£ £
1901–2 250 1,333
1902–3 6,400 4,057
1903–4 850 830
In the case of the last mentioned year the amount of expenditure can only be given approximately. The expenditure of £1,120 in 1901–2 and £3,445 in 1902–3 may be attributed to the recommendations of the House of Commons Accommodation Committee of 1901, and the sum of about £600 to the Committee of 1902 and 1903.