§ Mr. HARRY LAWSONasked what proportion of the new Grants proposed in the Budget for the purpose of local government will be allotted to the administrative county of London under the different heads of public health, main roads, and education; and what is the total sum that will accrue during the present financial year as the share of the county of London?
§ Mr. HERBERT SAMUELSo far as can be computed on such data as are at present available, the proposals of the Budget will result in additional Grants to the local authorities in the county of London, in the first year of full operation, of ap- 1599W proximately £1,500,000. In this estimate about £500,000 is on account of elementary education, and £250,000 under the head of public health. I am not in a position to give any separate figure for roads until the provisional classification of roads has been completed. In respect of the present financial year it is intended that the additional relief shall be approximately one-third of that which would accrue in a complete year.