§ Mr. LAWSONasked the Secretary for Mines the total income of the Miners' Welfare Fund for the last financial year and the expenditure under each particular head?
§ Captain CROOKSHANKThe information is as follows:—
Receipts of the Miners' Welfare Fund (Output Levy, Royalties Levy and Interest on Investments) for the financial year ended 31st March, 1936 £748,723 Expenditure during the financial year ended 31st March, 1936.
£ Pithead Baths 252,448 Recreation 147,060 Health 127,514 Education* 48,071 Research* 45,368 Pit Welfare 28,901 District Committees' Expenses 10,747 Administrative, Architectural and Building Expenses 40,227 (provisional) £700,336 * In addition £7,211 was spent on education and £12,416 on research from Endowment Funds provided by the Miners' Welfare Committee.