§ Resolutions reported,
§ CIVIL ESTIMATES AND SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES, 1956–66
§ CLASS I
§ VOTE 3. TREASURY AND SUBORDINATE DEPARTMENTS
§ 1. That a sum, not exceeding £3,196,000, be granted to Her Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March 1966, for the salaries and expenses of the Department of Her Majesty's Treasury and subordinate departments and of the Lord Privy Seal, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and two Ministers without Portfolio.
§ VOTE 4. DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
§ 2. That a sum, not exceeding £984,000 (including a Supplementary sum of £215,000), be granted to Her Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March 1966, for the salaries and expenses of the Department of Her Majesty's First Secretary of State and Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, of the National Economic Development Council, and of the National Board for Prices and Incomes, and for certain grants in aid.
§ CLASS I
§ 3. That a sum, not exceeding £68,149,250, be granted to Her Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March 1966, for Expenditure in respect of the Services included in Class I of the Civil Estimates, viz.:—
| £ | |
| 1. House of Lords | 247,000 |
| 2. House of Commons | 1,955,000 |
| 5. Privy Council Office | 38,000 |
| 6. Post Office Ministers | 7,250 |
| 7. Customs and Excise | 17,750,000 |
| 8. Inland Revenue | 46,761,000 |
| 9. Exchequer and Audit Department | 480,000 |
| 10. Civil Service Commission | 547,000 |
| 11. Royal Commissions, etc. | 364,000 |
| £68,149,250 |
§ CLASS II
§ 4. That a sum not exceeding £127,576,000, be granted to Her Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March 1966, for Expenditure in respect of the Services included in Class II of the Civil Estimates, viz.:—
| £ | |
| 1. Diplomatic Service | 20,811,000 |
| 2. Foreign Services (including a Supplementary sum of £768,000) | 12,870,000 |
| 3. British Council | 3,862,000 |
| 4. Commonwealth Services (including a Supplementary sum of £232,000) | 15,805,000 |
| 5. Colonial Office (including a Supplementary sum of £145,000) | 4,822,000 |
| 6. Colonial Grants and Loans (including a Supplementary sum of £5,000) | 7,114,000 |
| 7. Ministry of Overseas Development | 1,541,000 |
| 8. Overseas Aid (Multilateral) | 3,613,000 |
| 9. Overseas Aid (Bilateral) (including a Supplementary sum of £4,210,000) | 35,355,000 |
| 10. Overseas Aid (General Services) (including a Supplementary sum of £1,000) | 14,367,000 |
| 11. Overseas Aid (Colonial Development and Welfare) | 6,500,000 |
| 12. Commonwealth War Graves Commission | 916,000 |
| 127,576,000 |
§ CLASS III
§ 5. That a sum, not exceeding £118,261,000, be granted to Her Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March 1966, for Expenditure in respect of the Services included in Class III of the Civil Estimates, viz.:—
| £ | |
| 1. Home Office | 11,050,000 |
| 2. Scottish Home and Health Department | 1,815,000 |
| 3. Home Office (Civil Defence Services) | 9,250,000 |
| 4. Scottish Home and Health Department (Civil Defence Services) | 1,393,000 |
| 5. Police, England and Wales | 57,740,000 |
| 6. Police, Scotland | 8,968,000 |
| 7. Prisons, England and Wales | 15,805,000 |
| 8. Prisons, Scotland | 2,166,000 |
| 9. Child Care, England and Wales | 3,230,000 |
| 10. Child Care, Scotland | 780,000 |
| 11. Supreme Court of Judicature, etc. (including a Supplementary sum of £2,000) | 53,000 |
| 12. County Courts | 680,000 |
| 13. Legal Aid Fund | 4,194,000 |
| £ | |
| 14. Law Charges | 693,000 |
| 15. Law Charges and Courts of Law, Scotland | 375,000 |
| 16. Supreme Court of Judicature, &c., Northern Ireland | 69,000 |
| 118,261,000 |
§ CLASS IV
§ 6. That a sum, not exceeding £511,830,600, be granted to Her Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March 1966, for Expenditure in respect of the Services included in Class IV of the Civil Estimates, viz.:—
| £ | |
| 1. Board of Trade | 5,740,000 |
| 2. Board of Trade (Promotion of Trade, Exports, &c., and Shipping and Other Services) | 5,043,000 |
| 3. Board of Trade (Promotion of Local Employment) | 27,961,000 |
| 4. Export Credits | 900 |
| 5. Export Credits (Special Guarantees, &c.) | 900 |
| 6. Ministry of Labour | 23,646,000 |
| 7. Ministry of Aviation | 172,200,000 |
| 8. Ministry of Aviation (Purchasing (Repayment) Services) | 900 |
| 9. Ministry of Aviation (Special Materials) | 28,300,000 |
| 10. Civil Aerodromes and Air Navigational Services | 7,866,000 |
| 11. Ministry of Transport | 3,090,000 |
| 12. Roads, &c., England | 124,998,000 |
| 13. Roads, &c., Scotland | 19,881,000 |
| 14. Roads, &c., Wales | 12,430,000 |
| 15. Transport Services | 4,372,000 |
| 16. Transport (Railways Waterways Boards) | 55,682,000 |
| 17. Ministry of Power | 2,432,000 |
| 18. Ministry of Technology | 8,761,000 |
| 19. Atomic Energy | 9,425,000 |
| 20. Atomic Energy (Trading Fund Services) | 900 |
| 511,830,600 |
§ CLASS V
§ 7. That a sum, not exceeding £216,579,900, be granted to Her Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1966, for Expenditure in respect of the Services included in Class V of the Civil Estimates, viz.:—
| £ | |
| 1. Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food | 16,374,000 |
| 2. Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland (including a Supplementary sum of £151,000) | 6,417,000 |
| £ | |
| 3. Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Agricultural Grants and Subsidies) (including a Supplementary sum of £550,000) | 55,771,000 |
| 4. Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland (Agricultural Grants and Subsidies) (including a Supplementary sum of £265,000) | 11,277,000 |
| 5. Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Agricultural Price Guarantees) | 104,833,000 |
| 6. Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland (Agricultural Price Guarantees) | 9,704,000 |
| 7. Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Agricultural and Food Services) (including a Supplementary sum of £26,000) | 7,130,000 |
| 8. Food (Strategic Reserves) | 900 |
| 9. Fishery Grants and Services | 3,316,000 |
| 10. Fisheries (Scotland) and Herring Industry | 1,757,000 |
| 216,579,900 |
§ CLASS VI
§ 8. That a sum, not exceeding £1,929,690,800, be granted to Her Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1966, for Expenditure in respect of the Services included in Class VI of the Civil Estimates, viz.:—
| £ | |
| 1. Ministry of Housing and Local Government (including a Supplementary sum of £200,000) | 16,682,000 |
| 2. Scottish Development Department | 2,705,000 |
| 3. Welsh Office | 1,352,000 |
| 4. Housing, England | 51,736,000 |
| 5. Housing, Scotland | 10,947,000 |
| 6. Housing, Wales | 3,376,000 |
| 7. General Grants to Local Revenues, England and Wales | 457,240,000 |
| 8. General Grants to Local Revenues, Scotland | 46,530,000 |
| 9. Rate Deficiency Grants to Local Revenues, England and Wales | 113,870,000 |
| 10. Equalisation and Transitional Grants to Local Revenues, Scotland | 16,330,000 |
| 11. Ministry of Land and Natural Resources (including a Supplementary sum of £125,000) | 600,000 |
| 12. Forestry Commission | 8,694,000 |
| 13. Ministry of Health | 3,706,000 |
| £ | |
| 14. National Health Service &c. (Hospital Services, &c.). England and Wales | 371,178,000 |
| 15. National Health Service (Executive Councils' Services), England and Wales including a Supplementary sum of £5,218,000) | 158,558,000 |
| 16. Miscellaneous Health and Welfare Services, England and Wales | 32,171,000 |
| 17. National Health Service (Superannuation, &c.), England and Wales | 900 |
| 18. National Health Service, &c, Scotland (including a Supplementary sum of £590,000) | 72,003,000 |
| 19 National Health Service (Superannuation, &c), Scotland | 900 |
| 20. Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance | 5,716,000 |
| 21. National Insurance | 205,600,000 |
| 22. Family Allowances | 95,975,000 |
| 23. National Assistance Board | 175,168,000 |
| 24. War Pensions, &c. | 79,552,000 |
| 1,929,690,800 |
§ CLASS VII
§ 9. That a sum, not exceeding, £269,269,900, be granted to Her Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the charge which will come in course of payment, during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1966, for Expenditure in respect of the Services included in Class VII of the Civil Estimates, viz:—
| £ | |
| 1. Department of Education Science | 3,341,000 |
| 2. Education: Departmental (England and Wales) (including a Supplementary sum of £185,000) | 84,854,000 |
| 3. Awards to Students (England and Wales) | 1,308,000 |
| 4. Scottish Education Department | 17,403,000 |
| 5. Teachers' Superannuation (England and Wales) | 900 |
| 6. Teachers' Superannuation (Scotland) | 113,000 |
| 7. Universities and Colleges, &c, Great Britain | 128,074,000 |
| 8. Science Research Council | 18,090,000 |
| 9. Natural Environment Research Services (Revised sum) | -757,000 |
| 9A. Natural Environment Research Council | 3,457,000 |
| 10. Medical Research Council | 6,852,000 |
| 11. Agricultural Research Council | 6,208,000 |
| 12. Grants for Science | 326,000 |
| 269,269,900 |
§ CLASS VIII
§ 10. That a sum, not exceeding £5,529,000, be granted to Her Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March 1966, for Expenditure in respect of the Services included in Class VIII of the Civil Estimates, viz.:—
| £ | |
| 1. British Museum | 907,000 |
| 2. British Museum (Natural History) | 589,000 |
| 3. Science Museum | 298,000 |
| 4. Victoria and Albert Museum | 529,000 |
| 5. Imperial War Museum | 91,000 |
| 6. London Museum | 50,000 |
| 7. National Gallery | 114,000 |
| 8. National Maritime Museum | 103,000 |
| 9. National Portrait Gallery | 45,000 |
| 10. Tate Gallery | 91,000 |
| 11. Wallace Collection | 44,000 |
| 12. Royal Scottish Museum, &c. (Revised sum) | 102,000 |
| 13. National Galleries of Scotland | 55,000 |
| 14. National Library of Scotland | 89,000 |
| 15. National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland | 25,000 |
| 15A. National Museum of Wales and National Library of Wales | 497,000 |
| 16. Grants for the Arts (Revised sum) | 1,900,000 |
| 5,529,000 |
§ CLASS IX
§ 11 That a sum, not exceeding £235,316,800, be granted to Her Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March 1966, for Expenditure in respect of the Services included in Class IX of the Civil Estimates, viz.:—
| £ | |
| 1. Ministry of Public Building and Works | 21,100,000 |
| 2. Public Buildings, &c, United Kingdom | 39,785,000 |
| 3. Public Buildings Overseas | 5,811,000 |
| 4. Works and Buildings for the Ministry of Defence (Navy Department) | 20,837,000 |
| 5. Works and Buildings for the Ministry of Defence (Army Department) | 41,415,000 |
| 6. Works and Buildings for the Ministry of Defence (Air Force Department) | 29,078,000 |
| 7. Works and Buildings for the Ministry of Aviation | 6,965,000 |
| 8. Works and Buildings for Royal Ordnance Factories | 868,000 |
| 9. Houses of Parliament Buildings (including a Supplementary sum of £90,000) | 583,000 |
| 10. Royal Palaces | 580,000 |
| 11. Royal Parks and Pleasure Gardens | 965,000 |
| £ | |
| 12. Historic Buildings and Ancient Monuments | 1,009,000 |
| 13. Rates on Government Property (including a Supplementary sum of £2,103,000) | 15,045,000 |
| 14. Stationery and Printing | 13,775,000 |
| 15. Central Office of Information | 6,200,000 |
| 16. Government Actuary | 29,000 |
| 17. Government Hospitality | 100,000 |
| 18. Civil Superannuation, etc. | 31,170,000 |
| 19. Post Office Superannuation, etc. | 900 |
| 20. Additional Married Quarters for the Ministry of Defence | 900 |
| 235,316,800 |
§ CLASS X
§ 12. That a sum, not exceeding £5,376,400, be granted to Her Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1966, for Expenditure in respect of the Services included in Class X of the Civil Estimates, viz.:—
| £ | |
| 1. Charity Commission | 250,000 |
| 2. Crown Estate Office | 133,000 |
| 3. Friendly Societies Registry | 99,000 |
| 4. Royal Mint | 900 |
| 5. National Debt Office | 900 |
| 6. Publics Works Loan Commission | 900 |
| 7. Public Trustee | 900 |
| 8. Land Registry | 900 |
| 9. Office of the Registrar of Restrictive Trading Agreements | 132,000 |
| 10. Ordnance Survey | 2,729,000 |
| 11. Public Record Office | 157,000 |
| 12. Scottish Record Office | 51,000 |
| 13. Registrar General's Office | 615,000 |
| 14. Registrar General's Office, Scotland | 96,000 |
| 15. Department of the Registers of Scotland | 900 |
| 16. National Savings Committee | 1,109,000 |
| 5,376,400 |
§ CLASS XI
§ 13. That a sum, not exceeding £71,129,800, be granted to Her Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March 1966, for Expenditure in respect of the Services included in Class XI of the Civil Estimates, viz.:—
| £ | |
| 1. Broadcasting (including a Supplementary sum of £11,600,000) | 56,497,000 |
| 2. Carlisle State Management District | 900 |
| £ | |
| 3. State Management Districts, Scotland | 900 |
| 4. Pensions, etc. (India, Pakistan and Burma) | 3,991,000 |
| 5. Supplements to Pensions, etc. (Overseas Services) | 1,232,000 |
| 6. Royal Irish Constabulary Pensions, etc. | 641,000 |
| 7. Irish Land Purchase Services | 495,000 |
| 8. Development Fund | 451,000 |
| 9. Secret Service | 6,000,000 |
| 10. President Kennedy Memorial Appeal | 500,000 |
| 11. Miscellaneous Expenses (including a Supplementary sum of £19,000) | 781,000 |
| 12. Winston Churchill Memorial Fund | 500,000 |
| 13. Repayments to the Civil Contingencies Fund | 40,000 |
| 71,129,800 |
§ DEFENCE (CENTRAL) ESTIMATES, 1965–66
§ 14. That a sum, not exceeding £19,059,000, be granted to Her Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March 1966, for the salaries and expenses of the Central Defence Staffs, the Defence Secretariat and the Central Defence Scientific Staff and of certain Joint Service Establishments; expenses in connection with International Defence Organisations, includinig international subscriptions; and certain grants in aid.
§ DEFENCE (NAVY) ESTIMATES, 1965–66
§ 15. That a sum, not exceeding £391,737,000, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1966, for Expenditure in respect of the Navy Services, viz.:—
| £ | |
| 2. Royal Naval Reserves | 1,377,000 |
| 3. Navy Department Headquarters | 11,856,000 |
| 6. Naval Stores, Armament, Victualling and other Material Supply Services | 191,120,000 |
| 7. H.M. Ships, Aircraft and Weapons, New Construction and Repairs | 177,993,000 |
| 8. Miscellaneous Effective Services | 9,391,000 |
| 391,737,000 |
§ DEFENCE (ARMY) ESTIMATES, 1965–66
§ 16. That a sum, not exceeding £322,720,000, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1966, for Expenditure in respect of the Army Services, viz.:—
| £ | |
| 3. Army Department Headquarters | 6,600,000 |
| 4. Civilians at Outstations | 117,140,000 |
| £ | |
| 5. Movements | 23,320,000 |
| 6. Supplies | 45,960,000 |
| 7. Stores and Equipment | 115,000,000 |
| 10. Defence Lands and Buildings | 14,700,000 |
| 322,720,000 |
§ DEFENCE (AIR) ESTIMATES, 1965–66
§ 17. That a sum, not exceeding £138,560,000, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1966, for Expenditure in respect of the Air Services, viz.:—
| £ | |
| 3. Air Force Department Headquarters | 4,780,000 |
| 4. Civilians at Outstations and the Meteorological Office | 45,820,000 |
| 5. Movements | 19,600,000 |
| 6. Supplies | 50,750,000 |
| 9. Non-effective Services | 17,610,000 |
| 138,560,000 |
§ NAVY EXPENDITURE, 1963–64
§ 18. That sanction be given to the application of the sum of £3,187,789 12s. 2d. out of surpluses arising out of certain Votes for Navy Services for the year ended 31st March 1964, to defray expenditure in excess of that appropriated to certain other Votes for those Services and to meet deficits in receipts not offset by savings in expenditure from the respective Votes, as set out in and temporarily authorised in the Treasury Minute of 1st February 1965 (H.C. 81) and reported upon by the Committee of Public Accounts in their Second Report (H.C. 224).
§ ARMY EXPENDITURE, 1963–64
§ 19. That sanction be given to the application of the sum of £1,161,976 4s. 11d. out of surpluses arising out of certain Votes for Army Services for the year ended 31st March 1964, to defray expenditure in excess of that appropriated to one Vote for those Services and to meet a deficit in receipts on the same Vote not offset by a saving in expenditure, as set out in and temporarily authorised in the Treasury Minute of 29th January 1965 (H.C. 96) and reported upon by the Committee of Public Accounts in their Second Report (H.C. 224).
712§ AIR SERVICES EXPENDITURE, 1963–64
§ 20. That sanction be given to the application of the sum of £656,417 16s. 11d. out of surpluses arising out of certain Votes for Air Services for the year ended 31st March 1964, to defray expenditure in excess of that appropriated to certain other Votes for those Services and to meet deficits in receipts not offset by savings in expenditure from the respective Votes, as set out in and temporarily authorised in the Treasury Minute of 15th February 1965 (H.C. 104) and reported upon by the Committee of Public Accounts in their Second Report (H.C. 224).
§ Mr. SPEAKER proceeded, pursuant to Order, to put forthwith with respect to each Resolution the Question, That this House doth agree with the Committee in the said Resolution.
§ Resolutions agreed to.