Sir H. SAMUELasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether any of the repayments of advances made to beet-sugar factory companies under the Trade Facilities Acts, 1921 to 1926, are in arrear, and, if so, to what amount; and what is the amount of those advances which has been written off as irrecoverable?
§ Mr. PETHICK-LAWRENCEPayment has been made by the Treasury of £541,980 in respect of principal and £3,266 in respect of interest on advances to beet-sugar factory companies guaranteed under the Trades Facilities Acts. Towards these payments £12,000 has so far been recovered, and of the remainder
Description. Domestic Exports consigned to Re-exports consigned to Netherlands. Denmark. Netherlands. Denmark. Feeding stuffs for animals— Tons. Tons Tons. Tons. Cereal by-products 4,027 8,887 2 — Oil seed cake and meal (except husk meal). 2,643 13,031 151 2,225 Hay 33 14 — — Feeding seeds 26 16 131 1 Other sorts—sweetened 379 1,483 — — Not sweetened 12,943 2,121 157 41 NOTE.—The above figures relate to items specifically enumerated in the trade returns under the classification of "Feeding-stuffs for Animals" and do not take into account oats, maize, etc., which are partly used as feeding-stuffs for animals but in respect of which no estimate can be made of the proportion destined to be so used.
2436Wsome £162,446 must be regarded as irrecoverable.