§ MR. HOHLERasked the parliamentary secretary to the Ministry of Munitions what has been the gross expenditure of the Department between the 1st of April and the 1st of October last and the gross receipts between those dates distinguishing between the moneys due or receivable from other Government Departments and the moneys received from the public; and will he state the total amount which has been appropriated in aid of his Department and the total amount paid over to the Treasury between the above dates?
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Mr. J HOPEcirculated the following statement:
PAYMENTS (1st April, 1919 to 30th September, 1919.) £ £ Ministry of Munitions Vote 121,125,000 Trading Accounts— Vote of Credit services outside the Ministry of Munitiens Vote 35,200,000 156,325,000 RECEIPTS (1st April, 1919 to 30th September, 1919.) £ £ Ministry of Munitions Vote— Government departments 5,806,000 Allied Governments 17,115,000 Sales of surplus stores, etc. 22,845,000 Miscellaneous 2,336,000 48,102,000 Trading accounts 86,292,000 £134,394,000 Whilst £22,845,000, as shown above, has been received in cash on account of sales of surplus stores, the total sales (excluding trading accounts shown above) which have been effected in this financial year amount to £53,188,000, made up as follows:
£ Cash Receipts 22,845,000 Trade debtors 6,213,000 Government debtors 5,37[...],000 Non-ferrous materials 9,636,000* Sales transacted by other Government departments and repayable to the Ministry 9,122,000 £53,188,000 *This figure presents sales of various non-ferrous materials, but excluces sales of others on behalf of the Board of Trade. An analysis of the total cash receipts has nut yet been completed. The payments specified have been met from the receipts shown above, plus a sum of £40,000,000 gross advanced by the Treasury from the Civil Contingencies Fund, of which amount £10,000,000 was returned by the 30th September, 1919, and a further £15,000,000 has since been repaid.
It is expected that a, considerable surplus balance will be available for handing over to the Treasury by the end of the. financial year.