§ Mr. EVERARDasked the Under-Secretary of State for Air whether he will state the total amount of subsidy earned and received annually by the light aeroplane clubs, and the amount earned by each club, respectively, for each year during the current subsidy agreement?
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§ Sir P. SASSOONThe figures for the financial years 1932–5 are shown below.
Earnings of Light Aeroplane Clubs, in respect of licences issued or renewed during years: Name of 1932. 1933. 1934. 1935. £ £ £ £ Bristol and Wessex 908 810 864 778 Brooklands 1 1,243 1,500 1,500 Cardiff — 292 530 321 Cinque Ports 720 1,050 1,236 1,173 Eastern Counties 610 309 350 305 Hampshire 997 992 1,316 895 Herts and Essex 893 1,100 1,152 1,184 Lancashire 817 738 995 701 Leicestershire 480 630 414 606 Liverpool and District 1,204 1,135 1,163 1,201 London 1,398 1,262 1,100 1,418 Midland 679 938 606 779 Newcastle on Tyne 689 790 603 684 Norfolk and Norwich 240 408 535 600 Northamptonshire 220 228 505 235 Scarborough — 85 110 80 Scottish 826 1,235 1,185 1,144 Southern (reorganised as South Coast Flying Club 1.9.35.) 280 210 300 160 Cambridge — — 170 1,268 Cotswold — — 85 363 East Anglian — — 465 295 Hull — — 205 243 Insurance — — 155 715 London Air Park — — 62 800 London Transport — — 95 345 N. Staffs. — — 115 416 Redhill — — 25 684 Tollerton — — 360 642 Wiltshire — — 210 656 Witney — — 31 230 Yapton — — 10 631 York County — — 126 513 Yorkshire — — 354 742 Border — — — 230 Bournemouth — — — 125 Edinburgh — — — 365 Kent — — — 502 Leamington — — — 255 Old Etonian — — — 85 Portsmouth — — — 184 Southend — — — 265 South Coast — — — 185 TOTALS Amount earned £10,962 £13,455 £16,932 £24,503 TOTALS Amount paid £9,711 £13,331 £15,805 £22,621 NOTE.—The differences between the amount earned and the amount actually paid during the year represent the carry over.