§ 35. Mr. BRIANTasked the Under-Secretary of State for War what grants from the United Services Fund for the establishment of clubs for ex-service men have been made; and how many of these clubs have since ceased to exist?
§ Lieut.-Colonel JACKSONI would refer the hon. Member to the reply which I gave on the 19th February to the hon. Member for East Fife, to the effect that grants to these clubs are a matter for the United Services Fund and not for the, War Office. I gather, however, from pages 4 and 5 of the Report of the fund for the year ending 30th September, 1922, that during the year in question over £1,027,000 was expended in 6,455 grants to clubs and other similar objects, and that only 49 out of 3,477 clubs assisted by the fund ceased to exist.
§ Mr. SPEAKERThe hon. and gallant Member had better put that question down.