HC Deb 05 July 1928 vol 219 cc1566-7
49. Sir NICHOLAS GRATTAN-DOYLE

asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he will state for the latest available year the amounts of the following grants to local authorities in England and Wales: assigned revenue grants: grants under the Agricultural Rates Acts, 1896 and 1923; percentage grants in aid of the following health services: tuberculosis, maternity, and child welfare; welfare of the blind; venereal disease; mental deficiency; and classification grants for Class I and Class II roads in London and county boroughs; and the grants for the maintenance of scheduled roads in county districts?

Mr. CHAMBERLAIN

I have been asked to reply. As the answer involves a number of figures, I will, with my hon. Friend's permission, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.

Following is the answer:

The amounts for England and Wales for the year 1926–27 of the grants in question, payable to local authorities, are as follow:

£
Assigned revenue grants (excluding £3,026,171 applicable to police services, £807,260 applicable to higher education, and £1,445,411, being the proceeds of local taxation licences which do not pass through the Local Taxation Account) 3,671,335
Grants under the Agricultural Rates Acts, 1896 and 1923 4,684,210
Percentage grants in respect of the under-mentioned health services:
£
Tuberculosis 1,640,098
Maternity and child welfare 767,082
Welfare of the blind 3,195
Venereal disease 302,158
Mental deficiency 505,642
3,218,175
Classification grants for Class 1 and Class II roads in London and county boroughs 1,439,882
Grants for the maintenance of scheduled unclassified roads in county districts 1,249,278
The foregoing figures do not include the under-mentioned amounts granted to voluntary associations:
Percentage grants in respect of the under-mentioned health services:
£
Maternity and child welfare 197,119
Welfare of the blind 112,082
Venereal disease 152
Mental deficiency 8,422
317,775