HC Deb 25 February 1953 vol 511 cc2101-5

[5TH ALLOTTED DAY]

[Sir CHARLES MACANDREW in the Chair]

CIVIL ESTIMATES AND ESTIMATES FOR REVENUE DEPARTMENTS FOR THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE, 1953–54 (Vote on Account).

Motion made, and Question proposed, That a sum, not exceeding £898,676,000, be granted to Her Majesty, on account, for or towards defraying the charges for the following Civil and Revenue Departments and for the Ministry of Defence for the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1954, viz.:
CIVIL ESTIMATES
CLASS I
£
1. House of Lords 39,000
2. House of Commons 300,000
3. Registration of Electors 300,000
4. Treasury and Subordinate Departments 1,100,000
5. Privy Council Office 10,000
6. Privy Seal Office 2,500
7. Charity Commission 27,500
8. Civil Service Commission 117,500
9. Exchequer and Audit Department 148,000
10. Government Actuary 14,000
11. Government Chemist 82,000
12. Government Hospitality 35,000
13. The Mint 10
14. National Debt Office 10
15. National Savings Committee 250,000
16. Public Record Office 31,500
17. Public Works Loan Commission 10
18. Repayments to the Local Loans Fund 168,000
19. Royal Commissions, &c. 64,910
20. Secret Service 1,700,000
21. Tithe Redemption Commission 10
22. Silver 400,000
23. Miscellaneous Expenses 65,000
24. Coronation of Her Majesty Scotland:— 690,000
25. Scottish Home Department 340,000
26. Scottish Record Office 10,000
CLASS II
1. Foreign Service 4,250,000
2. Foreign Office Grants and Services 10,000,000
3. Foreign Office (German Section) 736,000
4. British Council 575,000
5. United Nations 1,500.00
6. Commonwealth Relations Office 600
7. Commonwealth Services. 611,000
8. Overseas Settlement 66,000
9. Colonial Office 340,000
10. Colonial Services 7,000,000
£
11. Overseas Food Corporation 500,000
12. Development and Welfare (Colonies, &c.) 5,000,000
13. Development and Welfare (South African High Commission Territories) 160,000
14. Imperial War Graves Commission 585,000
CLASS III
1. Home Office 1,045,000
2. Home Office (Civil Defence Services) 4,500,000
3. Police, England and Wales 10,580,000
4. Prisons, England and Wales 2,500.00
5. Child Care, England and Wales 2,280,000
6. Fire Services, England and Wales 1,255,000
7. State Management Districts, England and Wales 10
8. Supreme Court of Judicature, &c. 500,000
9. County Courts 100,000
10. Land Registry 10
11. Public Trustee 10
12. Law Charges 162,000
13. Miscellaneous Legal Expenses 35,000
Scotland:—
14. Scottish Home Department (Civil Defence Services) 451,000
15. Police 55,000
16. Prisons 230,000
17. Approved Schools 90,000
18. Fire Services. 21,000
19. State Management Districts 10
20. Scottish Land Court 5,500
21. Law Charges and Courts of Law 63,000
22. Department of the Registers of Scotland 10
Ireland:—
23. Supreme Court of Judicature, &c.. Northern Ireland 13,500
24. Irish Land Purchase Services 607,000
CLASS IV
1. Ministry of Education 73.000.000
2. British Museum 160,000
3. British Museum (Natural History) 90,000
4. Imperial War Museum 10.5
5. London Museum 6,500
6. National Gallery 39,000
7. National Maritime Museum 10,000
8. National Portrait Gallery 7,000
9. Wallace Collection 10,000
10. Grants for Science and the Arts 485,000
11. Universities and Colleges, &c., Great Britain 13,000.00
12. Broadcasting 5,150.00
Scotland: —
13. Public Education 10,500.00
14. National Galleries 12,000
15. National Library 7,000
CLASS V
£
1. Ministry of Housing and Local Government 3,100,000
2. Housing, England and Wales 9,000,000
3. Exchequer Contributions to Local Revenues, England and Wales 20,610,000
4. Ministry of Health 1,680,000
5. National Health Service, England and Wales 126,150,000
6. Medical Research Council 625,000
7. Registrar General's Office 168,000
8. Ministry of Labour and National Service 6,500,000
9. Grants in respect of Employment Schemes 200,000
10. Ministry of National Insurance 64,000,000
11. National Assistance Board 42,750,000
12. Friendly Societies Registry 22,000
13. Central Land Board 700,000
14. War Damage Commission 400,000
Scotland:—
15. Department of Health 1,785,000
16. National Health Service 14,600,000
17. Housing 4,000,000
18. Exchequer Contributions to Local Revenues 2,067,000
19. Registrar General's Office 21,000
CLASS VI
1. Board of Trade 2,030,000
2. Services in Development Areas 1,600,000
3. Financial Assistance in Development Areas
4. Export Credits 5,000,000
5. Export Credits (Special Guarantees) 500
6. Board of Trade (Strategic Reserves) 12,000
7. Ministry of Materials 278,000
8. Ministry of Materials (Trading Services and Assistance to Industry) 7,674,000
9. Ministry of Materials (Strategic Reserves) 29,290,000
10. Ministry of Supply 80,000,000
11. Ministry of Supply (Assistance to Industry, Scrap Recovery, etc.) 120,000
12. Ministry of Supply (Purchasing (Repayment) Services) 3,000,000
13. Royal Ordnance Factories 3,000,000
14. Ministry of Supply (Strategic Reserves) 25,000
CLASS VII
1. Ministry of Works 2,335,000
2. Houses of Parliament Buildings 160,000
3. Public Buildings, Great Britain 9,322,000
4. Public Buildings Overseas 654,000
5. Royal Palaces 165,000
6. Royal Parks and Pleasure Gardens 239,000
£
7. Miscellaneous Works Services 250,000
8. Rates on Government Property 4,000,000
9. Stationery and Printing 5,150,000
10. Central Office of Information 500,000
11. Peterhead Harbour 16,000
Ireland:—
12. Works and Buildings in Ireland 70,000
CLASS VIII
1. Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries 9,300,000
2. Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (Food Production Services) 15,800,000
3. White Fish Authority.. 150,000
4. Surveys of Great Britain, etc. 900,000
5. Office of Commissioners of Crown Lands 27,000
6. Agricultural Research Council and Nature Conservancy 400,000
7. Development Fund 500,000
8. Forestry Commission 2,350,000
9. Ministry of Food 80,000,000
10. Ministry of Food (Strategic Reserves) 8,000,000
Scotland:—
11. Department of Agriculture 1,230,000
12. Department of Agriculture (Food Production Services) 1,800,000
13. Fisheries 427,000
14. Herring Industry 128,000
CLASS IX
1. Ministry of Transport 860,000
2. Roads, &c. 12,140,000
3. Mercantile Marine Services 170,000
4. Ministry of Transport (Shipping and Special Services) 1,100,000
5. Ministry of Civil Aviation 4,000,000
6. Ministry of Fuel and Power 1,200,000
7. Ministry of Fuel and Power (Special Services) 3,500,000
8. Department of Scientific and Industrial Research 1,890,000
CLASS X
1. Merchant Seamen's War Pensions 78,000
2. Ministry of Pensions 32,000,000
3. Royal Irish Constabulary Pensions, &c. 440,000
4. Superannuation and Retired Allowances 3,500,000
Total for Civil Estimates £801,206,000
Revenue Departments
£
1 Customs and Excise 3,970,000
2 Inland Revenue 11,000,000
3 Post Office 76,000,000
Total for Revenue Departments £90,970,000
Ministry of Defence £6,500,000
Total for Civil Estimates and Estimates for Revenue Departments together with Estimate for the Ministry of Defence £898,676,000