HC Deb 02 November 1932 vol 269 c1766
12. Mr. PERKINS

asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air the total amount of subsidy paid to Imperial Airways for their last financial year?

The UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE for AIR (Sir Philip Sassoon)

The total subsidy paid to Imperial Airways in the last financial year amounted to approximately £467,000, Of this sum £77,000 was contributed by the various African Governments and Administrations in respect of the England-South Africa air service.