Captain Balfourasked the Under-Secretary of State for Air whether the ac- 50W counts of revenue and expenditure of the Royal Air Force Sports Board are published and available to Members; and how much has been spent during the last year on football, cricket, and polo?
§ Lieut.-Colonel MuirheadThe answer to the first part of the question is in the negative, as the revenues of the Royal Air Force Sports Board are not derived from public funds. I am, however, informed that annual grants of £120 and £100 are made by the Board to the Royal Air Force Cricket and Football Associations respectively and that the sum spent on polo by the Board in 1937 was £22 in addition to a non-recurring grant of £50 to assist in founding a polo club at Dhibban. The cost of providing grounds for cricket and football and other games is mainly met from Air Votes.