HC Deb 08 March 1944 vol 397 cc2070-9

Motion made, and Question proposed, That a sum, not exceeding £220,101,790, 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, 1945, namely:

CIVIL ESTIMATES
CLASS I
£
House of Lords Offices 28,000
House of Commons 155,000
Registration of Electors 7,000
Treasury and Subordinate Departments 374,500
Privy Council Office 7,500
Privy Seal Office 3,000
Charity Commission 12,000
Civil Service Commission 11,500
Exchequer and Audit Department 96,000
Government Actuary 7,000
Government Chemist 35,000
Government Hospitality 4,000
The Mint 10
National Debt Office 500
National Savings Committee 189,000
Public Record Office 15,500
Public Works Loan Commission 6,000
Repayments to the Local Loans Fund 25,000
Royal Commissions, etc. 17,000
Miscellaneous Expenses 26,000
Secret Service 10
Tithe Redemption Commission 10
Ministry of Town and Country Planning 76,000
Scotland:—
Scottish Home Department 79,000

CLASS II
£
Foreign Office 700,000
Diplomatic and Consular Establishments, etc. 2,400,000
League of Nations 83,000
Dominions Office 35,000
Dominion Services 100,000
Oversea Settlement 10
Colonial Office 131,000
Colonial and Middle Eastern Services 1,500,000
Development and Welfare (Colonies, etc.) 400,000
Development and Welfare (South African High Commission Territories) 45,000
India and Burma Services 745,000
Imperial War Graves Commission 40,000
CLASS III
Home Office 370,000
Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum 42,000
Police, England and Wales 7,430,000
Prisons, England and Wales 625,000
Approved Schools, etc., England and Wales 190,000
Supreme Court of Judicature, etc. 10
County Courts 150,000
Land Registry 10,000
Public Trustee 8,000
Law Charges 70,000
Miscellaneous Legal Expenses 29,500
Scotland:—
Police 240,000
Prisons 64,500
Approved Schools, etc. 37,000
Scottish Land Court 3,500
Law Charges and Courts of Law 32,000
Register House, Edinburgh 6,000
Ireland:—
Northern Ireland Services 3,500
Supreme Court of Judicature, etc., Northern Ireland 20,000
Irish Land Purchase Services 618,000
CLASS IV
Board of Education 22,000,000
British Museum 64,000
British Museum (Natural History) 40,000
Imperial War Museum 3,500
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. 175,000
Universities and Colleges, Great Britain 1,000,000
Broadcasting 4,000,000
Scotland:—
Public Education 3,850,000
National Galleries 5,000
National Library 1,500
CLASS V
Ministry of Health 9,000,000
Board of Control 93,000
Registrar-General's Office 102,000
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