§ Sir J. Mellorasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food what amount of capital expenditure in respect of British Restaurants has been reimbursed, or agreed for reimbursement, to local authorities; what proportion of this total represents building work, installation and equipment, respectively; and what was the cost of the equipment which has been issued to local authorities from the Ministry's pool?
§ Mr. MabaneUp to 31st December, 1942, the Ministry had approved capital expenditure amounting approximately to £1,800,000 in respect of British Restaurants; against this total a sum of £758,171 had been reimbursed to the local authorities concerned. The expenditure cannot be apportioned under the headings suggested in the Question, but about half of the total was for building and installation work. In addition to capital expenditure incurred directly by local authorities,242W the supply of equipment authorised through the Ministry's pool amounted to £695,000.