§ Sir J. LAMBasked the Minister of Health, in respect of the year 1928–29, the total amount of the grants paid to local authorities in England and Wales for each of the following services, namely, Housing, Town Planning, etc., Act, 1919; Housing, etc., Act, 1923; Housing (Financial Provisions) Act, 1924; Housing (Rural Workers) Act, 1926; mental deficiency; maintenance in mental hospitals of ex-Service patients; police (grants out of assigned revenues paid through the Local Taxation Account); maternity and child welfare; tuberculosis (treatment); tuberculosis (provision of sanatoria); treatment of venereal diseases; welfare of the blind; port sanitary administration; public vaccination; expenses of sanitary authorities in respect of health officers' salaries; unemployment schemes (capital works in respect. of non-revenue-producing undertakings and capital works in respect of revenue-producing undertakings, respectively); collection of local taxation licence duties; registration of births and deaths; Agricultural Rates Acts, 1896 and 1923; and balance of assigned revenues not specifically allocated to other purposes?
§ Mr. GREENWOODThe grants paid to local authorities in England and Wales902W in the financial year 1928-29 in respect of the services mentioned, were as follow:
£ Housing, Town Planning, etc., Act, 1919 6,750,217 Housing, etc., Act, 1923 1,918,099 Housing (Financial Provisions) Act, 1924 1,861,679 Housing (Rural Workers) Act, 1926 Nil. Mental Deficiency 608,178 Maintenance in mental hospitals of ex-Service patients 32,431 Police (grants out of assigned revenues paid through the Local Taxation Account) 3,103,244 Maternity and Child Welfare 834,711 Tuberculosis (treatment) (including the sum of £106,557 paid in respect of the residential treatment of War Pensioners) 1,858,669 Tuberculosis(provision of Sanatoria) 29,409 Treatment of Venereal Diseases 302,954 Welfare of the Blind 5,810 Port Sanitary Administration 43,302 Public Vaccination 10,522 Expenses of Sanitary Authorities in respect of Health Officers' salaries 435,602 Unemployment schemes (capital works in respect of non-revenue producing undertakings) including the sum of £908,176 in respect of grants made by the Ministry of Transport from the Road Fund 1,864,045 Unemployment schemes (revenue - producing undertakings) 499,460 Collection of local taxation licence duties 60,000 Registration of births and deaths 9,381 Agricultural Rates Acts, 1896 and 1923 4,738,756 Balance of assigned revenues not specifically allocated to other purposes 2,919,678
§ Sir J. LAMBasked the Home Secretary, in respect of the year 1928-29, the total amount of the grants paid to local authorities in England and Wales for each of the following services, namely, reformatory and industrial schools, probation of offenders, and police (in addition to sums paid through the Local Taxation Account)?
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§ Mr. CLYNESPending the completion of the examination of the claims to grant for 1928–29, it is not possible to give the total amount of the grants paid in respect of that year. The amounts actually paid to local authorities in that year were:
£ Police 7,120,723 Probation 46,931 Reformatory and Industrial Schools 59,451 The figure for reformatory and industrial schools represents the amount paid to local authorities in respect of their own schools. The Exchequer and local authorities contribute in equal shares towards the maintenance of children in schools under voluntary management. The net expenditure incurred by the Exchequer in the same year for all such schools was £216,724.
§ Sir J. LAMBasked the Minister of Transport, in respect to the year 1928–29, the total amount of the grants paid to local authorities in England and Wales for each of the following services, namely, maintenance and construction grants for Class I and Class II roads in London and county boroughs, maintenance grants for unclassified roads in county districts, other grants for maintenance and construction of roads and bridges, and licensing and registration of motor vehicles?
§ Mr. HERBERT MORRISONThe following approximate sums have been or will be paid to local authorities in England and Wales from the Road Fund in respect of the year 1928–29:
- (i) in respect of maintenance and minor improvements of classified roads and bridges in London and county boroughs, ₣1,244,000;
- (ii) in respect of maintenance of unclassified roads in rural areas, 21,594,000;
- (iii) in respect of maintenance and minor improvements of classified roads and bridges other than those in London and county boroughs, £6,120,000;
- (iv) in respect of costs of licensing and registration of motor vehicles, £387,000.
These figures exclude sums paid or due under grants in respect of major improvement schemes and new construction.