HC Deb 18 March 1936 vol 310 cc448-9W
Mr. LYONS

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the approximate total expenditure from national funds during 1934–35 and the proposed estimated total for 1935–36 in respect of development works and all subsidies and financial assistance to all branches of industry, agriculture, slum clearance, telephone development, and Special Areas, and in-

Statement of Expenditure from National Funds on Development Work, etc., as specified below.
Service. Expenditure, 1934–35 (actual). Expenditure, 1935–36 (estimated).
£ £
1. Grants to Public Utility Companies under Part I of the Development (Loan Guarantees and Grants) Act, 1929. 925,000 990,000
2. Slum Clearance … … … … … 757,000 1,327,000
3. Other housing grants … … … … … 15,182,000 14,910,000
4. Commissioners for the Special Areas … … … … 28,000 1,893,000
5. Grants in respect of Employment Scheme (Part II of Development (Loan Guarantees and Grants) Act, 1929). 4,200,000 4,200,000
6. Rural Water Supply Grants … … … … … 7,000 320,000
7. Expenditure by Office of Works on New Works, etc. … 577,000 707,000
8. Transference, Training, etc. … … … … … 608,000 1,732,000
9. Agricultural Development and Subsidies including Land Settlement:—
(a) Grants … … … … 9,838,000 10,957,000
(b) Loans … … … … — 9,000
10. Forestry … … … … … 450,000 450,000
11. Fishery Development, including the Herring Industry:—
(a) Grants … … … … 652,000 58,000
(b) Loans … … … … 14,000 5,000
12. Tramp Shipping Subsidy … … … … … 700 1,999,000
13. Ships replacement loans (Repayable advances) … … — 619,000
14. Grants by Department of Scientific and Industrial Research to Research Associations. 86,000 103,000
15. Grants by Board of Trade to British Standard Institution … 3,000 3,000
16. Civil Aviation Subsidies … … … … … 458,000 352,000
17. Light Horse Breeding … … … … … 5,000 5,000
18. Mechanical Transport Subsidy … … … … … 600 200
19. Grants to Unemployment Fund for Transitional Payments 45,612,000 200,000
20. Unemployment Assistance Allowances … … … — 50,000,000
21. Grants to Public Assistance Authorities … … … — 6,135,000
22. Road Fund Grants … … … … … 18,149,000 19,728,000
23. Postal and Telephone Loan Expenditure … … … 7,653,000 10,485,000
24. Advances to Cunard-White Star Company … … … 2,043,000 1,500,000
107,248,300 128,687,200
Of the above items, 1 to 21 are met out of moneys provided by Parliament, and with the exception of a proportion of the expenditure under items 7 and 8 which is recovered from the Unemployment Insurance Fund, they fall directly upon the Budget. The amount recoverable from the Fund in respect of the two items mentioned may be estimated at £364.000 in 1934–35 and £677,000 in 1935–36. The net total charge on voted moneys for items 1 to 21 is therefore £79,039,300 in 1934–35 and £96,297,200 in 1935–36.

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