§ Mr. MIDDLETONasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if the maintenance of a staff for the organisation of the sale of National War Savings Certificates entails any charge on public funds; if so, what is the cost per annum; and whether public money is expended on advertising the Certificates, and, if so, who are the advertising agents?
§ Mr. BALDWINFor the detailed Estimates of the cost of the National Savings Committee and the Scottish Savings Committee for the year 1922–23, I would refer the hon. Member to Class VI of the Estimates (Votes 7 and 6). The actual expenditure in 1921–22 was £88,010. Certificates are advertised, as other Government securities have been. The advertising is under the control of the two Savings Committees and cost in 1921–22 about £98,000. The total subscriptions to Certificates amounted to £120,263,239 in 1921–22 and this year are at the rate of about £3,600,000 a month.