HC Deb 04 July 1938 vol 338 cc44-6W
Mr. Lyons

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will state the approximate total expenditure from national funds during 1936–37 and the proposed estimated total for 1937–38 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 including and indicat-

Statement of expenditure from National funds on development work etc. as specified below.
Service. Expenditure l936/37 (actual). Expenditure 1937/38 (estimated).
£ £
1. Grants to Public Utility Companies under Part I of the Development (Loan Guarantees and Grants) Act, 1929. 865,000 822,000
2. Slum Clearance 1,965,000 2,656,000
3. Other Housing grants 14,746,000 14,528,000
4. Commissioners for the Special Areas 2,040,000 5,331,000
5. Financial Assistance in Special and other Areas — 301,000
6. Grants in respect of Employment Schemes (Part II of Development etc. Act, 1929). 4,066,000 3,700,000
7. Rural Water Supply Grants 297,000 286,000
8. Expenditure by Office of Works on New Works, etc. 1,000,000 979,000
9. Transference, Training etc. 1,753,000 1,884,000
10. Agricultural Development and Subsidies, including Land Settlement, 9,896,000 10,919,000
11. Forestry 655,000 800,000
12. Fishery Development, including the Herring Industry 125,120 146,350
13. Tramp Shipping Subsidy 1,99,530 —
14. Ships replacement Loans (repayable advances) 3,052,600 —
15. Grants by Department of Scientific and Industrial Research to Research Associations. 123,510 185,950
16. Grants by Board of Trade to British Standards Institution 3,000 3,100
17. Grant by Board of Trade to National Register of Industrial Art Designers. 140 2,200
18. Civil Aviation Subsidies 312,000 675,000
19. Light Horse Breeding 5,000 5,000
20. Mechanical Transport Subsidy 120 60
21. Grants to Unemployment Fund for Transitional Payments 25,000 —
22. Unemployment Assistance Allowances 40,066,000 49,690,000
23. Grants to Public Assistance Authorities 5,282,000 356,000
24. Road Fund Grants 21,258,000 20,375,000
25. Postal and Telephone Loan Expenditure 13,598,000 17,227,000
26. Advances to Cunard-White Star Company 371,000 500,000
123,504,020 131,371,660

Of the above items I to 13 and 15 to 23 are met out of moneys provided by Parliament, 4s is also expenditure on item 24 in 1937–38. As regards item 24, from 1st April, 1937, the method of finance of the Road Fund was altered under Section 33 of the Finance Act, 1936, and the figure for 1937–38 is not comparable with that for 1936–37; in particular the 1937–38 figure does not include the contribution of £6,459,000 made before that year from the Road Fund towards the Block Grant paid to local authorities.

With the exception of a proportion of the expenditure under items 8 and 9 which is recovered from the Unemployment Fund, the cost of items 1 to 13 and 15 to

ing the amount of financial aid, other than insurance, for the unemployed?

Sir J. Simon

The total as shown in the following table is approximately £131 millions in 1937–38 as compared with £124 millions in 1936–37.

23 falls directly upon the Budget in both years. The amount recoverable from the fund in respect of the two items mentioned may be estimated at £670,000 in 1936–37 and £715,000 in 1937–38. The net total charge on voted moneys for the items specified therefore is £84,554,420 in 1936–37 and £92,554,660 in 1937–38.

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