§ Mr. T. WILLIAMSasked the Minister of Health the names of those local authorities which have obtained powers, by private Acts or otherwise, to establish capital reserve expenditure funds out of revenue or a special rate raised for that purpose, and the names of those authorities which have established funds of this nature?
Sir H. YOUNGThe following local authorities have been authorised by local Acts to establish reserve funds for general capital purposes:—Coventry, Liverpool, Rotherham, West Hartlepool, Cambridge, Wolverhampton and Bury. I have not information how many authorities have established funds. The earliest powers date only from 1930, and in three cases powers were given as lately as this year. Thirteen other authorities have obtained power to establish reserve funds for the purchase of lama. Power to establish reserve funds for the purpose of trading undertakings is common.