HC Deb 03 March 1927 vol 203 cc571-3
83. Mr. W. BAKER

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the annual sum spent on the authority of the Colonial office out of Imperial funds and funds of the Crown Colonies, Protectorates, and Mandated Territories on expert advice with regard to medical matters, not including expenditure on the regular medical services?

Mr. AMERY

As the answer to this question can most conveniently be given in the form of a table, I will, with the hon. Member's permission, circulate a statement in the OFFICIAL REPORT.

Following is the statement:

£ s.
(1) Chief Medical Adviser to the Secretary of State for the Colonies.
Salary paid from Imperial Funds 1,500 0
(2) Colonial Advisory Medical and Sanitary Committee.
Expenses for the year 1925 apportioned among Colonies, Protectorates, etc. 904 11

(3) Advisory Committee of the Tropical Diseases Research Fund.
£ s.
Approximate amount expended annually on the advice of the Committee from the Fund, which is; formed* mainly by contributions from the Governments of Colonies, Protectorates, etc. 2,400 0
(4) Bureau of Hygiene and Tropical Diseases.
The Bureau's estimated expenditure for 1927–1928 is £9,567 13s. Its revenue is estimated at £8,92s (apart from balance in hand): of this revenue £1,000 represents grant-in-aid from Imperial Funds and £4,360 approximate contributions from the Colonies, Protectorates, etc. the balance being made up by contributions from certain Dominion Governments, Indian Provincial Governments, Egypt and the Sudan, together with proceeds of the sales of the Bureau's publications.
(5) Imperial Bureau of Entomology.
His Majesty's Government contribute £1,000 annually and the Colonies, Protectorates, etc., £7,100 annually.
The Bureau co-ordinates entomological work throughout the Empire in relation both to human and animal diseases and to agriculture, and the Director of the Bureau inter alia advises on all entomological questions referred to him. It is not possible to state what proportion of the grants made for the upkeep of the Bureau can properly be regarded as representing the cost of advice on medical matters.
(6) British Social Hygiene Council.
£ s.
Contribution towards expenses of the work of the Council in British possessions overseas (paid from Imperial Funds 1926–7) 1,000 0
(7) Hookworm Eradication—Jamaica.
A temporary service for advice and treatment is being maintained jointly by the Jamaican Government and the Rockefeller Foundation—the amount voted from Colonial Government funds in 1926–7 (say) 3,750 0

Note.—The above statement takes no account of expenditure on missions or services of a special and non-recurrent nature.