§ MR. FIELD (Dublin, St. Patrick)To ask the Secretary to the Treasury whether the Colonial Audit Branch, under the Controller and Auditor-General, is paid for out of Parliamentary funds; and, if not, how much is the amount of appropriations-in-aid received by the Exchequer and Audit Department for the housing, etc., of this Colonial Audit Branch; and why this amount is not clearly stated in the Estimates.
(Answered by Mr. McKenna.) The Colonial Audit Branch is not paid for out of Parliamentary funds. No appropriations-in-aid are received by the Exchequer and Audit Department for the housing, etc., of the Branch, who are accommodated in the same building with 433 the main office of the Exchequer and Audit Department.