HC Deb 03 March 1942 vol 378 cc518-35

Motion made, and Question proposed, That a sum, not exceeding £198,882,000, be granted to His Majesty, on account, for or towards defraying the charges for the following Civil and Revenue Departments (including Education and Broadcasting, Pensions, Health and Unemployment Insurance, Unemployment Assistance, Roads and other grants and Exchequer Contributions to Local Revenues) for the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1943, namely: —

CIVIL ESTIMATES.
Class X.
£
Ministry of Food 10
Class I.
House of Lords Offices 28,000
House of Commons 155,000
Registration of Electors 10,000
Treasury and Subordinate Departments 260,000
Privy Council Office 6,800
Privy Seal Office 3,000
Charity Commission 12,500
Civil Service Commission 7,750
Exchequer and Audit Department 83,000
Government Actuary 6,500
Government Chemist 30,000
Government Hospitality 7,000
Import Duties Advisory Committee 3,000
The Mint 10
£
National Debt Office 500
National Savings Committee 150,000
Public Record Office 13,500
Public Works Loan Commission 6,000
Repayments to the Local Loans Fund 17,000
Royal Commissions, &c. 12,500
Miscellaneous Expenses 20,000
Secret Service 10
Tithe Redemption Commission 10
Scotland: —
Scottish Home Department 77,500
Class II.
Foreign Office 350,000
Diplomatic and Consular Services 1,000,000
League of Nations 75,000
Dominions Office 24,000
Dominion Services 87,000
Oversea Settlement 10
Colonial Office 90,000
Colonial and Middle Eastern Services 2,200,000
Development and Welfare (Colonies, &c.) 300,000
Development and Welfare (South African High Commission Territories) 5,000
India and Burma Services 735,000
Imperial War Graves Commission 2,000
Class III
Home Office 400,000
Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum 38,000
Police, England and Wales 7,500,000
Prisons, England and Wales 720,000
Approved Schools, &c, England and Wales 175,000
Supreme Court of Judicature, &c. 10
County Courts 100,000
Land Registry 15,000
Public Trustee 5,000
Law Charges 70,000
Miscellaneous Legal Expenses 30,500
Scotland: —
Police 305,000
Prisons 54,000
Approved Schools, &c. 29,000
Scottish Land Court 3,500
Law Charges and Courts of Law 22,500
Register House, Edinburgh 11,000
Ireland: —
Northern Ireland Services 3,500
Supreme Court of Judicature, &c, Northern Ireland 17,500
Irish Land Purchase Services 625,000
Class IV
Board of Education 19,500,000
British Museum 70,000
British Museum (Natural History) 45,000
Imperial War Museum 4,000
London Museum 1,500
National Gallery 11,000
National Maritime Museum 3,500
National Portrait Gallery 3,000
Wallace Collection 4,000
Scientific Investigation, & 155,000
Universities and Colleges, Great Britain 1,000,000
Broadcasting 4,000,000
£
Scotland: —
Public Education 3,550,000
National Galleries 4,500
National Library 1,000
Class V
Ministry of Health 8,500,000
Board of Control 89,000
Registrar-General's Office 83,000
National Insurance Audit Department 49,500
Friendly Societies Registry 14,000
Old Age Pensions 19,000,000
Widows', Orphans', and Old Age Contributory Pensions 6,000,000
Ministry of Labour and National Service 14,450,000
Grants in respect of Employment Schemes 700,000
Commissioner for Special Areas (England and Wales) 10
Assistance Board 2,800,000
Special Areas Fund 300,000
Financial Assistance in Special and other Areas 40,0000
Supplementary Pensions 10,000,000
Scotland: —
Department of Health 1,600,000
Board of Control 7,000
Registrar-General's Office 14,500
Commissioner for Special Areas (Scotland) 10
Class VI
Board of Trade 500,000
Mercantile Marine Services 430,000
Department of Overseas Trade 110,000
Export Credits 100,000
Mines Department of the Board of Trade 118,000
Office of Commissioners of Crown Lands 12,000
Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries 1,650,000
Surveys of Great Britain 275,000
Forestry Commission 200,000
Roads &c 2,500,000
Miscellaneous Transport Services 10,000
Development Fund 200,000
Development Grants 170,600
Department of Scientific and Industrial Research 200,000
State Management Districts 10
Clearing Offices 10
Scotland: —
Department of Agriculture 195,000
Fisheries 10,500
Herring Industry 100
Class VII
Art and Science Buildings, Great Britain 67,000
Houses of Parliament Buildings 21,000
Labour and Health Buildings, Great Britain 186,000
Miscellaneous Legal Buildings, Great Britain 60,000
Osborne 7,000
Ministry of Works and Buildings 1,160,000
Miscellaneous Works Services 56,000
Public Buildings Overseas 30,000
Royal Palaces 37,000
£
Revenue Buildings 422,000
Royal Parks and Pleasure Gardens 75,000
Rates on Government Property 2,500,000
Stationery and Printing 1,200,000
Peterhead Harbour 5,000
Works and Buildings in Ireland 18,000
Class VIII
Merchant Seamen's War Pensions 75,000
Ministry of Pensions 14,500,000
Royal Irish Constabulary Pensions, &c. 450,000
Superannuation and Retired Allowances 1,000,000
Class IX
Exchequer Contributions to Local Revenues, England and Wales 18,000,000
Exchequer Contributions to Local Revenues, Scotland 2,255,000
Class X
Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (War Services) 10
Ministry of Aircraft Production 10
Ministry of Economic Warfare 10
Ministry of Health (War Services) 10
Ministry of Home Security 10
Ministry of Information 10
Ministry of Labour and National Service (War Services) 10
Mines Department of the Board of Trade (War Services) 10
Petroleum Department of the Board of Trade 10
Ministry of Supply 10
War Damage (Business and Private Chattels) 10
War Damage Commission 10
Ministry of War Transport 10
Scotland:—
Department of Agriculture, Scotland (War Services) 10
Department of Health, Scotland (War Services) 10
Total for Civil Estimates £156,707,000
Revenue Departments.
Customs and Excise 2,175,000
Inland Revenue 4,000,000
Post Office 36,000,000
Total for Revenue Departments £42,175,000
Total for Civil Estimates and Estimates for Revenue Departments £198,882,000 "
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