§ Mr. EVERARDasked the Under-Secretary of State for Air the amount of subsidy earned to date by each of the approved flying clubs in this financial year?
§ Sir P. SASSOONThe following payments have been made to approved light1142W aeroplane clubs during the current financial year:
Club. £ Bristol and Wessex … 625 Eastern Counties … 110 Hampshire … 415 Herts and Essex … 468 Leicestershire … 190 Lancashire … 352 London … 476 Liverpool and District … 237 Midland … 290 Newcastle-upon-Tyne … 250 Norfolk and Norwich … 150 Northamptonshire … 70 Scottish … 258 Southern … 70 In most cases, however, these figures do not represent the amount of subsidy actually earned to date, as fresh agreements giving effect to the revised subsidy scheme (which operates as from the commencement of the current financial year) are still in course of negotiation.
§ Mr. EVERARDasked the Under-Secretary of State for Air the total amount paid in subsidies for civil aviation in the years 1930 and 1931 in England, France, and Germany
§ Sir P. SASSOONInformation regarding the actual payments by way of subsidy to civil aviation in France and Germany is not available, but the amounts provided in the Estimates of the central Governments of the three countries were approximately as follow:
Country. Financial Year, 1930. Financial Year, 1931. France 201,000,000 Francs. 217,000,000Francs. Germany 22,390.600 Reichsmarks. 22,792,000 Reichsmarks. England £128,000 £385,000