HC Deb 02 March 1945 vol 408 cc1683-6
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Motion made, and Question proposed,
That a sum, not exceeding £241,926,000, 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, 1946, namely:
| CIVIL ESTIMATES |
| CLASS I |
|
£ |
| House of Lords Offices |
26,000 |
| House of Commons |
155,000 |
| Registration of Electors |
230,000 |
| Treasury and Subordinate Departments |
418,000 |
| Privy Council Office |
7,500 |
| Privy Seal Office |
3,000 |
| Charity Commission |
12,000 |
| Civil Service Commission |
32,500 |
| Exchequer and Audit Department |
100,500 |
| Government Actuary |
8,000 |
| Government Chemist |
40,000 |
| Government Hospitality |
10,000 |
| The Mint |
10 |
| National Debt Office |
500 |
| National Savings Committee |
180,000 |
| Public Record Office |
15,000 |
| Public Works Loan Commission |
6,000 |
| Repayments to the Local Loans Fund |
14,000 |
| Royal Commissions, etc. |
26,000 |
| Miscellaneous Expenses |
32,000 |
| Secret Service |
10 |
| Tithe Redemption Commission |
10 |
| Ministry of Town and Country Planning |
145,000 |
| Scotland: |
|
| Scottish Home Department |
82,500 |
| CLASS II |
| Foreign Office |
950,000 |
| Diplomatic and Consular Establishments, etc. |
1,600,000 |
| British Council |
1,000,000 |
| League of Nations |
1,000 |
| Dominions Office |
36,000 |
1684
|
£ |
| Dominion Services |
115,000 |
| Oversea Settlement |
10 |
| Colonial Office |
175,000 |
| Colonial and Middle Eastern Services |
2,000,000 |
| Development and Welfare (Colonies, etc.) |
1,600,000 |
| Development and Welfare (South African High Commission Territories) |
100,000 |
| India and Burma, Services |
750,000 |
| Imperial War Graves Commission |
40,000 |
| CLASS III |
| Home Office |
400,000 |
| Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum |
44,000 |
| Police, England and Wales |
7,300,000 |
| Prisons, England and Wales |
650,000 |
| Approved Schools, etc., England and Wales |
250,000 |
| Supreme Court of Judicature, etc. |
10 |
| County Courts |
150,000 |
| Land Registry |
10 |
| Public Trustee |
9,000 |
| Law Charges |
70,000 |
| Miscellaneous Legal Expenses |
39,000 |
| Scotland: |
|
| Police |
300,000 |
| Prisons |
68,000 |
| Approved Schools, &c. |
40,000 |
| Scottish Land Court |
3,500 |
| Law Charges and Courts of Law |
33,500 |
| Register House, Edinburgh |
5,000 |
| Ireland: |
|
| Northern Ireland Services |
4,000 |
| Supreme Court of Judicature, etc., Northern Ireland |
20,500 |
| Irish Land Purchase Services |
617,000 |
| CLASS IV |
| Ministry of Education |
29,000,000 |
| British Museum |
55,000 |
| British Museum(Natural History) |
40,000 |
| Imperial War Museum |
4,000 |
| London Museum |
2,500 |
| National Gallery |
14,500 |
| National Maritime Museum |
3,500 |
| National Portrait Gallery |
4,000 |
| Wallace Collection |
5,000 |
| Scientific Investigation, etc. |
300,000 |
| Universities and Colleges, etc., Great Britain |
2,000,000 |
| Broadcasting |
4,000,000 |
| Scotland: |
|
| Public Education |
5,000,000 |
| National Galleries |
5,500 |
| National Library |
1,500 |
| CLASS V |
| Ministry of Health |
5,500,000 |
| Board of Control |
95,000 |
| Registrar-General's Office |
108,000 |
| Ministry of Labour and National Service |
7,000,000 |
| Grants in respect of Employment Schemes |
550,000 |
| Commissioner for Special Areas (England and Wales) |
10 |
| Special Areas Fund |
360,000 |
| Financial Assistance in Special and other Areas |
34,000 |
1685
|
£ |
| Ministry of National Insurance |
14,250,000 |
| Assistance Board |
1,850,000 |
| National Insurance Audit Department |
49,000 |
| Friendly Societies Registry |
15,000 |
| Old Age Pensions |
21,000,000 |
| Widows', Orphans', and Old Age Contributory Pensions |
6,000,000 |
| Supplementary Pensions |
20,000,000 |
| Scotland: |
|
| Department of Health |
1,400,000 |
| Board of Control |
8,500 |
| Registrar-General's Office |
19,000 |
| Commissioner for Special Areas (Scotland) |
10 |
| CLASS VI |
| Board of Trade |
800,000 |
| Mercantile Marine Services |
504,000 |
| Department of Overseas Trade |
187,000 |
| Export Credits |
10 |
| Ministry of Fuel and Power |
1,000,000 |
| Office of Commissioners of Crown Lands |
12,000 |
| Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries |
1,950,000 |
| Surveys of Great Britain, etc |
440,000 |
| Forestry Commission |
175,000 |
| Roads, etc. |
3,500,000 |
| Miscellaneous Transport Services |
17,000 |
| Development Fund |
330,000 |
| Development Grants |
140,200 |
| Department of Scientific and Industrial Research |
350,000 |
| State Management Districts |
10 |
| Clearing Offices |
10 |
| Scotland: |
|
| Department of Agriculture |
321,500 |
| Fisheries |
30,500 |
| Herring Industry |
145,000 |
| CLASS VII |
| Houses of Parliament Buildings |
41,000 |
| Miscellaneous Legal Buildings, Great Britain |
40,000 |
| Osborne |
9,000 |
| Ministry of Works |
2,097,500 |
| Miscellaneous Works Services |
2,922,000 |
| Public Buildings Overseas |
113,000 |
| Royal Palaces |
39,000 |
| Royal Parks and Pleasure Gardens |
76,000 |
| Rates on Government Property |
2,500,000 |
| Stationery and Printing |
1,200,000 |
| Peterhead Harbour |
5,000 |
| Works and Buildings in Ireland |
15,000 |
| CLASS VIII |
| Merchant Seamen's War Pensions |
101,000 |
| Ministry of Pensions |
14,000,000 |
| Royal Irish Constabulary Pensions, etc |
450,000 |
| Superannuation and Retired Allowances |
1,400,000 |
| CLASS IX |
| Exchequer Contributions to Local Revenues, England and Wales |
17,500,000 |
| Exchequer Contributions to Local Revenues, Scotland |
1,127,000 |
1686
| 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 (War Services) |
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 (Business and Private Chattels) |
10 |
| War Damage Commission |
10 |
| Ministry of War Transport |
10 |
| Ministry of Works (War Services) |
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 |
£192,126,000 |
| REVENUE DEPARTMENTS |
|
£ |
| Customs and Excise |
2,000,000 |
| Inland Revenue |
4,800,000 |
| Post Office |
43,000,000 |
| Total for Revenue Departments |
£49,800,000 |
| Total for Civil Estimates and Estimates for Revenue Departments |
£241,926,000 |