§ Captain FULLERasked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs the amounts expended to date on Empire settlement by the British Government and the Governments of the Dominions and Colonies under the Empire Settlement Act, 1922, giving each year separately?
Mr. THOMASThe expenditure by His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom under the Empire Settlement Act, 1922, to 31st December, 1932, the latest convenient date, is as follows:
Financial Year. £ 1922–3 35,464 1923–4 424,479 1924–5 423,622 1925–6 569,875 1926–7 1,128,896 1927–8 1,282,906 1928–9 1,139,620 1929–30 884,238 1930–31 485,228 1931–32 149,056 1932–33 (nine months to 31st December, 1932) 50,287 Detailed information is not available as to the amount of the expenditure incurred by other Governments, but the hon. and gallant Member will be aware that under the terms of the Act, any expenditure by His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom must be incurred in respect of agreed schemes and must not exceed in any case half the expenses of the scheme.