HC Deb 08 June 1937 vol 324 cc1591-2
66. Mr. W. Joseph Stewart

asked the President of the Board of Education the amounts from the proceeds of a 1d. rate levied for elementary education purposes in each of the administrative counties of England and Wales for 1936.

The Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education (Mr. Kenneth Lindsay)

As the answer contains a large number of figures, I will, with the hon. Member's permission, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.

Following is the answer:

ESTIMATED PRODUCT OF 1D. RATE FOR 1936–37.
Areas under County Councils—England and Wales.
Area and Product of 1d. Rate 1936–37.
Counties—England. £
Bedfordshire 1,894
Berkshire 4,116
Buckinghamshire 6,993
Cambridgeshire 868
Isle of Ely 1,122
Cheshire 13,760
Cornwall 4,473
Isles of Scilly 19
Cumberland 2,333
Derbyshire 8,750
Devonshire 9,720
Dorsetshire 3,201
Durham 9,800
Essex 18,671
Gloucestershire 4,604
Hampshire 10,282
Isle of Wight 2,030
Herefordshire 1,458
Hertfordshire 13,702
Huntingdonshire 797
Kent 18,266
Lancashire 20,890
Leicestershire 4,506
Lincs, Holland 790
Lincs, Kesteven 1,782
Lincs, Lindsey 4,389
Middlesex 24,631
Norfolk 3,974
Northamptonshire 3,318
Soke of Peterboro' 73
Northumberland 6,691
Nottinghamshire 6,598
Oxfordshire 2,165
Rutland 330
Shropshire 3,367
Somerset 7,890
Staffordshire 7,252
Suffolk, East 2,959
Suffolk, West 1,223
Surrey 36,479

Counties—England—cont. £
Sussex, East 5,780
Sussex, West 6,484
Warwickshire 5,942
Westmorland 1,147
Wiltshire 3,965
Worcestershire 4,887
Yorks, East Riding 2,293
Yorks, North Riding 4,815
Yorks, West Riding 21,525
London 238,900
Total Counties—England {including London) 571,909
Counties—Wales.
Anglesey 633
Brecknockshire 1,061
Caernarvonshire 2,309
Cardiganshire 644
Carmarthenshire 1,222
Denbighshire 2,386
Flintshire 2,273
Glamorgan 5,388
Merionethshire 642
Monmouthshire 3,391
Montgomeryshire 657
Pembrokeshire 805
Radnorshire 809
Total Counties—Wales 22,220
Total Counties—England and Wales (including London) 594,129