HC Deb 03 February 1908 vol 183 cc498-501
MR. BARNARD (Kidderminster)

To ask the Secretary to the Treasury if he will state the net annual expenditure for the last four known financial years of the English and Irish Agricultural Departments respectively.

Board of Agriculture and Fisheries.
Net expenditure, inclusive of Expenditure out of the Cattle Pleuro-Pneumonia Account of Great Britain, in each of the last four financial years.
—— Net Expenditure.
£ £
1903–4 Charge on Votes 111,804
Charge on Local Taxation Accounts 16,000
127,804
Less: added to balance (Cattle Pleuro-pneumonia Account) 686
127,118 127,118
1904–5 Charge on Votes 113,907
Charge on Local Taxation Accounts 12,000
125,907
Less: added to balance (Cattle Pleuro-pneumonia Account) 1,278
124,629 124,629
1905–6 Charge on Votes 117,608
Charge on Local Taxation Accounts 7,000
Reduction of balance (Cattle Pleuro Pneumonia Account 3,412
128,020 128,020
1906–7 Charge on Votes 127,261
Charge on Local Taxation Accounts 14,500
141,761
Less: added to balance (Cattle Pleuropneumonia Account) 1,103
140,658 140,658
Total for four years 520,425

(Answered by Mr. Runciman.) I subjoin two statements giving the information which my hon. friend requires:—

Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland.
Net Annual Expenditure for the last Four Financial Years.
—— 1904–4. 1904–5. 1905–6. 1906–7. Total.
£ £ £ £ £
Parliamentary Vote (including Cattle Pleuro-Pneumonia Account, Sub-head F.†) 131,425 137,098 143,023 144,792 556,033
General Cattle Diseases Fund, Ireland, 57 and 58. Vic., c. 57, s. 73 (3) 1,783* 2,354* — — 4,137
Endowment Fund, 62 and 63 Vic, c. 50, s. 16 156,193 249,612 211,577 214,347 831,729
289,401 389,064 354,600 359,139 1,392,204
* These sums were required to meet the deficiencies of the amounts of the Grants-in-Aid included in the Estimates under Sub-head F of the Parliamentary Vote, for swine fever, &c. purposes, in accordance with the terms of Section 73 (3) of The Diseases of Animals Act, 1894, 57 and 58 Vic, c. 57.
† The expenditure under Sub-head F, exclusive of the sums provided from the General, Cattle Diseases Fund, as stated in the preceding paragraph, was:—
£
1903–4 - - - - - 16,177
1904–5 - - - - - 16,200
1905–6 - - - - - 13,216
1906–7 - - - - - 12,522
Total - - - £58,115