§ 47. Mr. Loganasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he can give the total of the Imperial Contributions paid by the Government of Northern Ireland from 1921 to date; also the payments made by the Government to the Government of Northern Ireland, including grants in respect of the special constabulary and malicious injuries, the provision of new buildings, unemployment insurance and all other payments by the Imperial Exchequer?
§ Captain CrookshankAs the answer is long and contains a number of figures, I will, with the hon. Member's permission, circulate it in the Official Report.
§ Following is the answer:
§ The total amounts are—Imperial Contributions by the Government of Northern Ireland, £30,787,000; payments by the 26 Imperial Government to the Government of Northern Ireland, £22,300,000. The Imperial Contributions for the last two financial years which are included in the first figure are provisional and are subject to adjustment by the Joint Exchequer Board in the light of actual figures of revenue and expenditure for those years. The second figure does not include the amount (approximately £656,000 a year) collected from tenants and retained by the Government of Northern Ireland under Section 26 of the Government of Ireland Act, 1920, in respect of land purchase annuities under agreements entered into before the passing of the Act. (An equivalent sum is paid as a non-recoverable charge out of the Imperial Exchequer to the National Debt Commissioners.) The answer to the second part of the Question is that the payments to Northern Ireland include the following:
| £ | |
| Special constabulary | 6,492,500 |
| Malicious injuries | 2,000,000 |
| Provision of new buildings | 2,481,800 |
| Unemployment insurance | 10,287,100 |
| Special initial expenses | 438,300 |
| Payments from Vote of Credit | 600,000 |