§ Colonel WOODCOCKasked the Minister of Agriculture the amounts 2125W paid by the Ministry for losses incurred by county councils out of the Small Holdings Account in the years 1921–22, 1912–23, 1923–24, and 1924–25?
Mr. GUINNESSThe payments made by the Ministry out of the Small Holdings Account in the undermentioned years to county councils and the councils of county boroughs in respect of losses incurred in the exercise of their powers under the Small Holdings and Allotments Acts, 1908–1919, were as follow:
The payments made in each year as above approximate to the losses incurred by the county councils in the preceding financial year. I should, perhaps, explain that the above payments are quite distinct from the sums which will become due to the councils in future years as a result of the valuation to be carried out at the 1st April next, in accordance with the Act of last Session, particulars of which were given in the White Paper (Cmd. 2532) on the Financial Resolution on which this Act was based.
£ 1921–22 512,991 1922–23 732,495 1923–24 880,422 1924–25 898,773 Total, 4 years 3,024,681