§ 64. Sir Edward Keelingasked the Minister of Transport why the cost of collecting motor car licences, amp;c., will be £1,635,000 in 1952–53 as compared with £1,450,000 in 1951–52.
Mr. BraithwaiteThe cost to the Exchequer in 1951–52 was £1,549,000. The excess of £99,000 over the estimated expenditure of £1,450,000, and the estimated increases to £1,635,000 in 1952–53 were mainly due to increase in salaries of administrative and clerical employees of the local authorities awarded by the National Joint Councils.