§ Mr. SHORTasked the Secretary for Mines what was the total expenditure out of the Miners' Welfare Fund during 1935; what new facilities were provided; and the expenditure on same?
§ Captain CROOKSHANKThe total payments made out of the Miners' Welfare Fund during 1935 amounted to £686,240.
The purposes of the allocations made from the fund in 1935 are classified as follow:
Further particulars will be published shortly in the Annual Report of the Miners' Welfare Committee, which is now in preparation.
£ Pit welfare 334,412 Recreation 177,729 Health 75,349 Research 45,367 Education 12,226 Administration 48,919 Total £694,002