§ Winter, 1925–26.
§ Ministry of Transport Road and Bridge Programme.
§ The total expenditure authorised under all the programmes, which have been instituted year by year, up to the present reaches nearly £54,000,000. Approximately, £31,000,000 remained to be spent at the 30th September last. In addition, the Mersey Tunnel, on which work will probably be started next year, will involve an expenditure of about £5,000,000.
§ Unemployment Grants Committee.
§ Estimated total cost of schemes approved under 1 925–26 programme:
| £ | |
| Loan schemes (outstanding applications amount to about £5,000,000) | 7,500,000 |
| Wages bill schemes | 675,000 |
§ (In addition, increased expenditure on previous schemes and schemes under 1924–25 programme have been approved to the extent of £3,571,000. The work involved will largely be executed during the winter of 1925–26.)
§ Ministry of Agriculture.
§ Schemes approved to 7th November under 1925–26 programme:
§ 53 land drainage schemes, estimated to cost £20,217.
§ 17 water supply schemes, estimated to cost £7,979.
§ Trade Facilities Acts.
§ The total amount in respect of which Treasury have stated their willingness to give guarantees is, approximately, £60,000,000. (This compares with £54,452,936 at 30th June.) Approximately, £33,000,000 of this has been spent, and it is estimated that about £17,000,000 will be spent during the next 12 months.
§ Export Credits Scheme.
§ The total amount sanctioned up to 7th November. 1925, under this scheme was £31,808,971.
§ The amount at present in use or earmarked was £5,538,352.
§ The amount of credit still available was £20,467,648.