HC Deb 03 March 1954 vol 524 cc1198-201
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Motion made, and Question proposed,
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That a sum, not exceeding £898,037,000, 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 1955, viz.
| CIVIL ESTIMATES |
| CLASS I |
|
|
£ |
| 1. |
House of Lord |
40,000 |
| 2. |
House of Commons |
315,000 |
| 3. |
Registration of Electors |
300,000 |
| 4. |
Treasury and Subordinate Departments |
1,350,000 |
| 5. |
Privy Council Office |
10,000 |
| 6. |
Privy Seal Office |
2,890 |
| 7. |
Charity Commission |
30,000 |
| 8. |
Civil Service Commission |
124,000 |
| 9. |
Exchequer and Audit Department |
185,000 |
| 10. |
Friendly Societies Registry |
24,000 |
| 11. |
Government Actuary |
14,000 |
| 12. |
Government Chemist |
107,000 |
| 13. |
Government Hospitality |
20,000 |
| 14. |
The Mint |
10 |
| 15. |
National Debt Office |
10 |
| 16. |
National Savings Committee |
250,000 |
| 17. |
Public Record Office |
34,000 |
| 18. |
Public Works Loan Commission |
10 |
| 19. |
Royal Commissions, & c. |
70,000 |
| 20. |
Secret Service |
1,700,000 |
| 21. |
Silver |
2,000,000 |
| 22. |
Tithe Redemption Commission |
10 |
| 23. |
Flood and Tempest Distress Relief |
750,000 |
| 24. |
Miscellaneous Expenses |
60,000 |
| 25. |
Scottish Home Department |
455,000 |
| 26. |
Scottish Record Office |
12,000 |
| CLASS II |
| 1. |
Foreign Service |
5,100,000 |
| 2. |
Foreign Office Grants and Services |
10,000,000 |
| 3. |
British Council |
600,000 |
| 4. |
United Nations |
1,400,000 |
| 5. |
Commonwealth Relations Office |
630,000 |
| 6. |
Commonwealth Services |
640,000 |
| 7. |
Oversea Settlement |
67,000 |
| 8. |
Colonial Office |
355,000 |
| 9. |
Colonial Services |
13,000,000 |
| 10. |
Overseas Food Corporation |
300,000 |
1199
|
|
£ |
| 11. |
Development and Welfare (Colonies, &c.) |
5,000,000 |
| 12. |
Development and Welfare (Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, and South African High Commission Territories) |
160,000 |
| 13. |
Imperial War Graves Commission |
450,000 |
| CLASS III |
| 1. |
Home Office |
1,464,000 |
| 2. |
Home Office (Civil Defence Services) |
4,200,000 |
| 3. |
Police, England and Wales |
10,695,000 |
| 4. |
Prisons, England and Wales |
2,600,000 |
| 5. |
Child Care, England and Wales |
2,300,000 |
| 6. |
Fire Services, England and Wales |
1,181,000 |
| 7. |
Carlisle State Management District |
10 |
| 8. |
Supreme Court of Judicature, etc. |
10 |
| 9. |
County Courts |
120,000 |
| 10. |
Legal Aid Fund |
400,000 |
| 11. |
Land Registry |
10 |
| 12. |
Public Trustee |
10 |
| 13. |
Law Charges |
172,000 |
| 14. |
Miscellaneous Legal Expenses |
40,000 |
| Scotland: — |
| 15. |
Scottish Home Department (Civil Defence Services) |
408,000 |
| 16. |
Police |
45,000 |
| 17. |
Prisons |
245,000 |
| 18. |
Approved Schools |
87,000 |
| 19. |
Fire Services |
16,000 |
| 20. |
State Management Districts |
10 |
| 21. |
Scottish Land Court |
7,000 |
| 22. |
Law Charges and Courts of Law |
72,000 |
| 23. |
Department of the Registers of Scotland |
10 |
| Ireland: — |
| 24. |
Supreme Court of Judicature, etc., Northern Ireland |
19,000 |
| 25. |
Irish Land Purchase Services |
606,000 |
| CLASS IV |
| 1. |
Ministry of Education |
80,000,000 |
| 2 |
British Museum |
188,000 |
| 3. |
British Museum (Natural History) |
100,000 |
| 4. |
Imperial War Museum |
14,000 |
| 5. |
London Museum |
7,000 |
| 6. |
National Gallery |
38,000 |
| 6A. |
Tate Gallery |
19,000 |
| 7. |
National Maritime Museum |
15,000 |
| 8. |
National Portrait Gallery |
8,000 |
| 9. |
Wallace Collection |
10,000 |
| 10. |
Grants for Science and the Arts |
550,000 |
| 11. |
Universities and Colleges, etc., Great Britain |
13,350,000 |
| 12. |
Broadcasting |
6,000,000 |
1200
|
Scotland: — |
£ |
| 13. |
Public Education |
13,800,000 |
| 14. |
National Galleries |
11,000 |
| 14A. |
National Museum of Antiques |
5,000 |
| 15. |
National Library |
9,000 |
| CLASS V |
| 1. |
Ministry of Housing and Local Government |
3,600,000 |
| 2. |
Housing, England and Wales |
10,000,000 |
| 3. |
Exchequer Contributions to Local Revenues, England and Wales |
22,600,000 |
| 4. |
Ministry of Health |
1,383,000 |
| 5. |
National Health Service, England and Wales |
134,170,000 |
| 6. |
Medical Research Council |
800,000 |
| 7. |
Registrar General's Office |
135,000 |
| 8. |
Central Land Board |
150,000 |
| 9. |
War Damage Commission |
350,000 |
|
Scotland: — |
|
| 10. |
Department of Health |
1,300,000 |
| 11. |
National Health Service |
15,500,000 |
| 12. |
Housing |
4,850,000 |
| 13. |
Exchequer Contributions to Local Revenues |
3,510,000 |
| 14. |
Registrar General's Office |
21,000 |
| CLASS VI |
| 1. |
Board of Trade |
1,800,000 |
| 2. |
Services in Development Areas |
1,605,000 |
| 3. |
Financial Assistance in Development Areas |
1,000,000 |
| 4. |
Export Credits |
10 |
| 5. |
Export Credits (Special Guarantees) |
150,000 |
| 6. |
Board of Trade (Strategic Reserves) |
20,000 |
| 7. |
Ministry of Labour and National Service |
6,920,000 |
| 8. |
Ministry of Materials |
247,000 |
| 9. |
Ministry of Materials (Trading Services and Assistance to Industry) |
348,000 |
| 10. |
Ministry of Materials (Strategic Reserves) |
20,000,000 |
| 11. |
Ministry of Supply |
66,000,000 |
| 12. |
Ministry of Supply (Purchasing (Repayment) Services) |
2,000,000 |
| 13. |
Royal Ordnance Factories |
2,800,000 |
| 14. |
Ministry of Supply (Strategic Reserves) |
25,000 |
| CLASS VII |
| 1. |
Ministry of Works |
2,338,000 |
| 2. |
Houses of Parliament Buildings |
124,000 |
| 3. |
Public Buildings, United Kingdom |
9,327,000 |
| 4. |
Public Buildings Overseas |
680,000 |
| 5. |
Royal Palaces |
169,000 |
| 6. |
Royal Parks and Pleasure Gardens |
274,000 |
| 7. |
Historic Buildings and Ancient Monuments |
228,000 |
| 8. |
Miscellaneous Works Services |
300,000 |
| 9. |
Rates on Government Property |
4,500,000 |
1201
|
|
£ |
| 10. |
Stationery and Printing |
4,400,000 |
| 11. |
Central Office of Information |
500,000 |
| 12. |
Peterhead Harbour |
15,000 |
| CLASS VIII |
| 1. |
Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries |
3,800,000 |
| 2. |
Farming Grants and Subsidies |
20,100,000 |
| 3. |
Services to Agriculture |
6,000,000 |
| 4. |
Fishery Grants and Services |
1,050,000 |
| 5. |
Surveys of Great Britain, &c. |
985,000 |
| 6. |
Office of Commissioners of Crown Lands |
29,000 |
| 7. |
Agricultural Research Council and Nature Conservancy |
450,000 |
| 8. |
Development Fund |
450,000 |
| 9. |
Forestry Commission |
3,000,000 |
| 10. |
Ministry of Food |
50,000,000 |
| 11. |
Ministry of Food (Strategic Reserves) |
4,500,000 |
|
|
Scotland:— |
| 12. |
Department of Agriculture |
3,115,000 |
| 13. |
Fisheries (Scotland) and Herring Industry |
1,102,000 |
| CLASS IX |
| 1. |
Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation |
2,400,000 |
| 2. |
Roads, etc |
13,335,000 |
| 3. |
Transport (Shipping and Special Services) |
1,386,000 |
| 4. |
Civil Aviation |
2,750,000 |
| 5/ |
Ministry of Fuel and Power |
1,250,000 |
| 6. |
Ministry of Fuel and Power (Special Services) |
5,000,000 |
| 7. |
Atomic Energy |
20,000,000 |
| 8. |
Department of Scientific and and Industrial Research |
2,090,000 |
| CLASS X |
| 1. |
Superannuation and Retired Allowances |
4,100,000 |
| 2. |
Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance |
1,650,000 |
| 3. |
War Pensions, etc |
29,000,000 |
| 4. |
National Insurance and Family Allowances |
62,350,000 |
| 5. |
National Assistance Board |
45,600,000 |
| 6. |
Royal Irish Constabulary Pensions, etc. |
400,000 |
|
Total for Civil Estimates |
794,387,000 |
| REVENUE DEPARTMENTS |
| 1. |
Customs and Excise |
4,400,000 |
| 2. |
Inland Revenue |
11,500,000 |
| 3. |
Post Office |
80,000,000 |
|
Total for Revenue Departments |
95,900,000 |
|
Ministry of Defence |
7,750,000 |
|
Total for Civil Estimates and Estimates for Revenue Departments together with Estimate for the Ministry of Defence |
£898,037,000 |