HC Deb 23 February 1943 vol 387 cc48-51

Motion made, and Question proposed, That a sum, not exceeding £208,773,000, 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 Insurance, Unemployment Insurance and Assistance, Roads and other grants and Exchequer Contributions to Local Revenues) for the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1944, namely:

CIVIL ESTIMATES
CLASS I
£
House of Lords Offices 29,000
House of Commons 155,000
Registration of Electors 8,000
Treasury and Subordinate Departments 315,000
Privy Council Office 7,000
Privy Seal Office 2,500
Charity Commission 12,000
Civil Service Commission 7,000
Exchequer and Audit Department 89,500
Government Actuary 7,000
Government Chemist 32,000
Government Hospitality 3,000
The Mint 10
National Debt Office 500
National Savings Committee 187,000
Public Record Office 14,000
Public Works Loan Commission 6,000
Repayments to the Local Loans Fund 16,000
Royal Commissions, Etc 14,000
Miscellaneous Expenses 20,000
Secret Service 10
Tithe Redemption Commission 10
Ministry of Town and Country Planning 65,000
Scotland:
Scottish Home Department 72,500
CLASS II
£
Foreign Office 500,000
Diplomatic and Consular Services 1,400,000
League of Nations 1,000
Dominions Office 29,000
Dominion Services 100,000
Oversea Settlement 10
Colonial Office 130,000
Colonial and Middle Eastern Services 2,000,000
Development and Welfare (Colonies, Etc.) 500,000
£
Development and Welfare (South African High Commission Territories) 100,000
India and Burma Services 750,000
Imperial War Graves Commission 10,000
CLASS III
£
Home Office 400,000
Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum 40,000
Police, England and Wales 7,500,000
Prisons, England and Wales 700,000
Approved Schools, Etc., England and Wales 185,000
Supreme Court of Judicature, Etc. 10
County Courts 100,000
Land Registry 15,000
Public Trustee 2,000
Law Charges 70,000
Miscellaneous Legal Expenses 30,000
Scotland:
Police 275,000
Prisons 59,000
Approved Schools, Etc. 34,000
Scottish Land Court 3,500
Law Charges and Courts of Law 27,000
Register House, Edinburgh 9,000
Ireland:
Northern Ireland Services 3,500
Supreme Court of Judicature, Etc., Northern Ireland 17,500
Irish Land Purchase Services 620,000
CLASS IV
£
Board of Education 20,500,000
British Museum 64,000
British Museum (Natural History) 40,000
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, Etc. 200,000
Universities and Colleges, Great Britain 1,000,000
Broadcasting 4,000,000
Scotland:
Public Education 3,650,000
National Galleries 4,500
National Library 1,000
CLASS V
£
Ministry of Health 8,500,000
Board of Control 91,000
Registrar-General's Office 94,000
National Insurance Audit Department 49,000
Friendly Societies Registry 14,000
Old Age Pensions 20,000,000
Widows', Orphans', and Old Age Contributory Pensions 6,000,000
Ministry of Labour and National Service 14,750,000
Grants in respect of Employment Schemes 650,000
Commissioner for Special Areas (England and Wales) 10
£
Assistance Board 2,150,000
Special Areas Fund 242,000
Financial Assistance in Special and other Areas 8,000
Supplementary Pensions 14,000,000
Scotland:
Department of Health 1,650,000
Board of Control 7,000
Registrar-General's Office 16,500
Commissioner for Special Areas (Scotland) 10
CLASS VI
£
Board of Trade 650,000
Mercantile Marine Services 500,000
Department of Overseas Trade 90,000
Export Credits 100,000
Office of Commissioners of Crown Lands 12,000
Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries 1,655,000
Surveys of Great Britain 300,000
Forestry Commission 150,000
Roads, etc. 2,000,000
Miscellaneous Transport Services 13,000
Development Fund 182,000
Development Grants 170,620
Department of Scientific and Industrial Research 213,000
State Management Districts 10
Clearing Offices 10
Scotland:
Department of Agriculture 235,000
Fisheries 10,000
Herring Industry 100
CLASS VII
£
Houses of Parliament Buildings 16,000
Miscellaneous Legal Buildings, Great Britain 60,000
Osborne 8,000
Ministry of Works 1,791,000
Miscellaneous Works Services 90,000
Public Buildings Overseas 28,000
Royal Palaces 36,000
Royal Parks and Pleasure Gardens 72,000
Rates on Government Property 2,500,000
Stationery and Printing 1,200,000
Peterhead Harbour 45,000
Works and Buildings in Ireland 24,000
CLASS VIII
£
Merchant Seamen's War Pensions 70,000
Ministry of Pensions 14,000,000
Royal Irish Constabulary Pensions, etc. 430,000
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 2,251,500
CLASS X
£
Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (War Services) 10
Ministry of Aircraft Production 10
Ministry of Economic Warfare 10
Ministry of Food 10
Ministry of Fuel and Power 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
Postal and Telegraph Censorship Department 10
Ministry of Production 10
Ministry of Supply 10
War Damage (Premises and Private Chattels) 10
War Damage Commission 10
Ministry of War Transport 10
Ministry of Works (War Ser vices) 10
Scotland:—
Department of Agriculture for Scotland (War Services) 10
Department of Health for Scotland (War Services) 10
Scottish Home Department (War Services) 10
Total for Civil Estimates £162,243,000
REVENUE DEPARTMENTS
£
Customs and Excise 2,130,000
Inland Revenue 4,400,000
Post Office 40,000,000
Total for Revenue Departments £46,530,000
Total for Civil Estimates and Estimates for Revenue Departments £208,773,000"
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