§ MR. LAMBERTTo ask the Secretary to the Treasury if he will state the total amount paid by the Treasury each year to the local authorities under the Agricultural Rates (England) Act, the
| Year | Payments to Local Taxation Accounts. | Payments under Tithe Rent Charge (Rates) Act. | ||
| England. (Agricultural Rates Acts.) | Scotland. (Agricultural Rates Acts and Local Taxation Account Act, 1898.) | Ireland. (Agricultural Grant under the Local Government Act.) | ||
| £ | £ | £ | £ | |
| 1896–1897 | 665,517 | 91,509 | 74,871 | — |
| 1897–1898 | 1,333,682 | 183,381 | 150,040 | — |
| 1898–1899 | 1,333,433 | 231,902 | 438,851 | — |
| 1899–1900 | 1,330,621 | 280,413 | 727,655 | 47,836 |
| 1900–1901 | 1,327,268 | 280,126 | 727,655 | 105,687 |
| 1901–1902 | 1,328,910 | 280,701 | 727,655 | 110,452 |
| 1902–1903 | 1,327,981 | 280,413 | 727,655 | 119,290 |
| 1903–1904 | 1,328,172 | 280,413 | 727,655 | 128,153 |
| 1904–1905 | 1,326,627 | 280,413 | 727,655 | 135,716 |
§ Other grants besides the agricultural grant are made to the Local Taxation (Ireland) Account under the Local Government Act. But I assume that the hon. Member's Question refers only to grants analogous to those under the Agricultural Rates Acts in Great Britain.