§ Mr. PICKERSGILLasked the Secretary to the Treasury whether he will state how much of the Estimate for the Coronation expenses, namely, £185,000, is estimated to be spent under each of the following heads:—The Civil List, the Earl Marshal, the Office of Works, and the Colonial Office?
§ Mr. ILLINGWORTHCivil List, £90,000; Earl Marshal, £3,500; Office of Works, £33,000; Colonial Office, £15,000. Total, £141,500. The remainder is made up of expenses of Indian guests, £37,600; and miscellaneous expenditure, £5,900.
§ Mr. REMNANTMay I ask whether the £20,000 allowed each year for the entertainment of foreign visitors is excluded?
§ Mr. ILLINGWORTHI should require notice of that question.
§ Mr. PICKERSGILLasked the Secretary to the Treasury if he will state upon what basis the Estimate of the Coronation expenses—namely, £185,000 has been framed, inasmuch as the Estimate for the expenses of the Coronation of His late Majesty was only £125,000, and the actual expenditure £124,750.
Mr. ILLIN GWORTHThe Estimate has been framed upon the basis of probable requirements, including provision for the Indian Coronation guests for whom a separate Vote of £70,000 was taken in 1903. The total Estimates for the Coronation expenses of His late Majesty amounted to £195,000, and the actual expenditure to about £193,000.
§ Mr. ILLINGWORTHCertainly.