HC Deb 01 August 1941 vol 373 cc1669-80

[20TH Allotted Day.]

REPORT. [31ST JULY.]

Resolutions reported:

CIVIL ESTIMATES AND ESTIMATES FOR REVENUE DEPARTMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES, 1941.

CLASS II.

VOTE 11. INDIA AND BURMA SERVICES.

1. "That a sum, not exceeding £ 1,460,743, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1942, for the salaries and expenses of the Department of His Majesty's Secretary of State for India and His Majesty's Secretary of State for Burma, and a grant in aid of military expenditure from Indian Revenues."

Class VIII.

VOTE 2. MINISTRY OF PENSIONS.

2. "That a sum, not exceeding £ 22,008,000, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1942, for the salaries and expenses of the Ministry of Pensions, payments in respect of war pensions, gratuities and allowances, sundry contributions in respect thereof and other services."

CIVIL ESTIMATES, 1941.

CLASS I.

3. "That a sum, not exceeding £ 1,587,562, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1942, for Expenditure in respect of the Services included in class I of the Civil Estimates, namely:

£
1. House of Lords Offices 37,606
2. House of Commons 321,700
3. Registration of Electors 30,000
4. Treasury and Subordinate Departments (including Supplementary sums of £ 16,760 and £1,386) 408,772
5. Privy Council Office 11,057
6. Privy Seal Office 4,898
7. Charity Commission 27.473
8. Civil Service Commission 27,010
9. Exchequer and Audit Department 131,276
10. Friendly Societies' Deficiency 3.326
11. Government Actuary 22,639
12. Government Chemist 63,520
13. Import Duties Advisory Committee 38,239

£
14. The Mint 90
15. National Debt Office 4,827
16. National Savings Committee 184,683
17. Public Record Office 28,855
18. Public Works Loan Commission 15.479
19. Repayments to the Local Loans Fund (including a Supplementary sum of £19,275) 26,175
20. Royal Commissions, &c. 18,000
21. Miscellaneous Expenses 34.177
22. Secret Service 90
23. Treasury Chest Fund 7.085
24. Tithe Redemption Commission 90
25. Scottish Home Department 124,410
26. Repayments to the Civil Contingencies Fund 16,085
£ 1,587,562"

CLASS II.

4. "That a sum, not exceeding £ 6,768,688, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1942, for Expenditure in respect of the Services included in Class II of the Civil Estimates, namely:

£
1. Foreign Office 564.769
2. Diplomatic and Consular Services 1,709,223
3. League of Nations 3,000
4. Dominions Office 51,840
5. Dominion Services 172,606
6. Oversea Settlement 7,530
7. Colonial Office I59.450
8. Colonial and Middle Eastern Services 3,522,980
9. Development and Welfare (Colonies, &c.) 553.010
10. Development and Welfare (South African High Commission Territories, &c.) 23,000
12. Imperial War Graves Commission 1,280
£6,768,688 "

CLASS III.

5. "That a sum, not exceeding £11,084,399, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1942, for Expenditure in respect of the Services included in Class III of the Civil Estimates, namely:

£
1. Home Office 946,471
2. Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum 71,400
3. Police, England and Wales 6,523,100
4. Prisons, England and Wales 764,940
5. Approved Schools, &c,England and Wales 516,400
6. Supreme Court of Judicature, &c. 90
7. County Courts 149,777
£
8. Land Registry 118,146
9. Public Trustee 8,872
10. Law Charges 105,653
11. Miscellaneous Legal Expenses 19,282
Scotland.
12. Police, Scotland 1,027,070
13. Prisons, Scotland 109,410
14. Approved Schools, &c. 48,240
15. Scottish Land Court 4,768
16. Law Charges and Courts of Law 41.875
17. Register House, Edinburgh 17,819
Ireland.
18. Northern Ireland Services. 3,562
19. Supreme Court of Judicature, &c, Northern Ireland 8,572
20. Irish Land Purchase Services 598,952
£11,084,399"

CLASS IV.

6. "That a sum, not exceeding £41,049,786, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1942, for Expenditure in respect of the Services included in Class IV of the Civil Estimates, namely:

£
1 Board of Education 35.915.639
2. British Museum 115,690
3. British Museum (Natural History) 73,913
4. Imperial War Museum 8,417
5. London Museum 2,701
6. National Gallery 26,413
7. National Maritime Museum 7,743
8. National Portrait Gallery 6,365
9. Wallace Collection 8,603
10. Scientific Investigation, &c. 125,357
11. Universities and Colleges, Great Britain 1,148,542
12. Broadcasting 3,600,000
Scotland.
14. National Galleries 7,399
15. National Library 3,004
£41,049,786

CLASS V.

7. "That a sum, not exceeding £ 19,619,209, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1942, for Expenditure in respect of the Services included in Class v of the Civil Estimates, namely:

£
1. Ministry of Health 17,646,200
2. Board of Control 126,962
3. Registrar General's Office 135,571
4. National Insurance Audit Department 114,320
5. Friendly Societies Registry 34,170
£
6. Old Age Pensions 33,016,000
7. Widows', Orphans' and Old Age Contributory Pensions 15,025,000
8. Ministry of Labour and National Service 16,710,000
9. Grants in respect of Employment Schemes 1,710,000
10. Commissioner for Special Areas (England and Wales) 90
11. Assistance Board 13,060,000
12. Special Areas Fund 750,000
13. Financial Assistance in Special and other Areas 133,800
14. Supplementary Pensions 21,120,000
Scotland
16. Board of Control 13,800
17. Registrar General's Office 23,206
18. Commissioner for Special Areas 90
£119,619,209"

CLASS VI

8. "That a sum, not exceeding £15,262,118, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1942, for Expenditure in respect of the Services included in Class VI of the Civil Estimates, namely:

£
1. Board of Trade 440,790
2. Mercantile Marine Services 632,505
3. Department of Overseas Trade 359.672
4. Exports Credits 185,436
5. Mines Department of the Board of Trade 188.092
6. Office of Commissioners of Crown Lands 25.334
7. Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries 2.359.683
8. Land Fertility Improvement 947.834
9. Surveys of Great Britain 368,750
10. Forestry Commission 250,000
12. Roads, &c. 7,738,000
13. Development Fund 438,000
14. Development Grants 447,010
15. Department of Scientific and Industrial Research 504,903
16. State Management Districts 90
17. Clearing Offices 90
Scotland.
18. Department of Agriculture... 350,331
19. Fisheries 25,138
20. Herring Industry 460
£15,262,118"

CLASS VII.

9. "That a sum, not exceeding £8,740,503, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1942, for Expenditure in respect of the Services included in Class VII of the Civil Estimates, namely:

£
1. Art and Science Buildings, Great Britain 128,370
2. Houses of Parliament Buildings 59,995
3. Labour and Health Buildings, Great Britain 307,055
4. Miscellaneous Legal Buildings, Great Britain 52,590
5. Osborne 10,910
6. Ministry of Works and Buildings 606,470
7. Public Buildings, Great Britain 2,252,980
8. Public Buildings Overseas 72,060
9. Royal Palaces 80,705
I0. Revenue Buildings 979,275
11. Royal Parks and Pleasure Gardens 153,315
12. Rates on Government Property 1,856,268
13. Stationery and Printing 2.139.195
14. Peterhead Harbour 9,000
15. Works and Buildings in Ireland 32,315
£8,740,503 '

CLASS VIII.

10. "That a sum, not exceeding £2,387,794, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1942, for Expenditure in respect of the Services included in Class VIII of the Civil Estimates, namely:

£
1. Merchant Seamen's War Pensions 157.794
3. Royal Irish Constabulary Pensions, etc. 780,000
4. Superannuation and Retired Allowances 1,450,000
£2,387,794"

CLASS IX.

11. "That a sum, not exceeding £32,509,000, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1942, for Expenditure in respect of the Services included in Class IX of the Civil Estimates, namely:

£
1. Exchequer Contributions to Local Revenues, England and Wales 28,025,000
2. Exchequer Contributions to Local Revenues, Scotland 4,484,000
£32,509,000"

UNCLASSIFIED SERVICES.

12. "That a sum, not exceeding £1,490, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1942, for Expenditure in respect of the Unclassified Services of the Civil Estimates, namely:

£
1. Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (War Services) 90
2. Department of Agriculture, Scotland (War Services) 90
3. Ministry of Aircraft Production 90
4. Ministry of Economic Warfare 90
5. Ministry of Food 90
6. Ministry of Health (War Services) 90
8. Ministry of Home Security 90
9. Ministry of Information 90
10. Ministry of Labour and National Service (War Services) 100
11. Mines Department of the Board of Trade (War Services) 100
12. Petroleum Department of the Board of Trade 90
14. Ministry of Supply 90
16. Reserve of Plant and Building Materials 90
17. War Damage Commission 100
18. War Damage (Business and Chattels) 100
19. Ministry of War Transport 100
£1.49O"

REVENUE DEPARTMENTS ESTIMATES, 1941.

13. "That a sum, not exceeding £ 7l,546,260, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1942, for Expenditure in respect of the Services included in the Estimates for Revenue Department, namely:

£
1. Customs and Excise 4,294,700
2. Inland Revenue 6,505,560
3. Post Office 60,746,000
£71,546,260"

NAVY ESTIMATES, 1941.

14. "That a sum, not exceeding £1,700, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1942, for Expenditure in respect of the Navy Services, namely:

£
2. Victualling and Clothing for the Navy 100
3. Medical Establishments and Services 100
4. Civilians employed on Fleet Services 100
5. Educational Services 100
6. Scientific Services 100
7. Royal Naval Reserves 100
8. Shipbuilding, Repairs, Maintenance, &c.:—
Section I.—Personnel 100
Section II.—Materiel 100
Section III.—Contract
Work 100
£
9. Naval Armaments 100
10 Works, Buildings and Repairs at Home and Abroad 100
11. Miscellaneous Effective Services 100
12. Admiralty Office 100
13. Non - Effective Services (Naval and Marine)— Officers 100
14. Non - Effective Services (Naval and Marine)—Men 100
15. Civil Superannuation, Allowances and Gratuities 100
16. Merchant Shipbuilding 100
£1.700"

ARMY ESTIMATES, 1941.

15. "That a sum, not exceeding £1,400, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1942, for Expenditure in respect of the Army Services, namely:

£
2. Territorial Army and Reserve Forces 100
3. Medical Services 100
4. Educational Establishments 100
5. Quartering and Movements 100
6. Supplies, Road Transport and Remounts 100
7. Clothing 100
8. General Stores 100
9. Warlike Stores 100
10. Works, Buildings and Lands 100
11. Miscellaneous Effective Services 100
12. War Office 100
13. Half-Pay, Retired Pay and other Non - Effective Charges for Officers 100
14. Pensions and other Non- Effective Charges for Warrant Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers, Men and others 100
15. Civil Superannuation, Compensation and Gratuities 100
£1,400"

AIR ESTIMATES, 1941.

16. "That a sum, not exceeding £900, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1942, for Expenditure in respect of the Air Services, namely:

£
2. Quartering, Non-Technical Stores, Supplies and Transportation 100
3. Technical and Warlike Stores 100
4. Works, Buildings and Lands 100
5. Medical Services 100
6. Educational Services 100
7. Reserve and Auxiliary Forces 100
£
9. Meteorological and Miscellaneous Effective Services 100
10. Air Ministry 100
11. Half-Pay, Pensions, and other Non-Effective Services 100
£900"