§ 34. Mr. ROBINSONasked the Under-Secretary of State for Air the annual amount of the subsidy paid to Imperial Airways, Limited, and the amount paid by the Dutch Government to the K.L.M. line of Holland; and whether he is satisfied that in terms of relative efficiency on the England-to-India air route the results have justified the conditions on which the subsidy to Imperial Airways, Limited, has been given?
§ Sir P. SASSOONThe subsidy to Imperial Airways in the current Air Estimates (including contributions from Dominion and Colonial Governments) is approximately £560,000 in respect of all their services. It is not possible to give a corresponding figure for the Dutch K.L.M. service, or to make a close financial comparison in respect of the routes to the East, as financial assistance is given to that service partly by guaranteed postal payments and partly by an indemnity against loss on operation. I am fully satisfied, however, from a comparison of all the data available, that the results have amply justified the conditions on which the subsidies to Imperial Airways have been paid.