§ Mr. Lyonsasked the Under-Secretary of State for Air whether he will indicate the amounts of State aid and /or subsidies paid towards civil aviation by all foreign countries for 1937, or for the year ending at the last convenient date for which figures are available?
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§ Lieut.-Colonel Muirhead:The following are the amounts of the air transport subsidies for 1937 and also of the civil aviation votes (including the subsidies) as a whole, since the latter figures may be regarded broadly as representing State aid to civil aviation. In each case the local currency has, for convenience, been converted to sterling at par rates of exchange.
— 1937 Air Transport Subsidy. Total Civil Aviation Vote. £ £ Belgium 82,000 135,900 Czechoslovakia 114,546 283,125 Denmark 13,774 29,000 Finland 16,488 67,276 France 1,505,917 2,095,305 Germany 1,038,308 Not available Greece 43,496 52,048 Italy 765,736 960,680 Netherlands 45,235 99,281 Poland 136,007 390,433 Rumania 10,352 21,272 Sweden 55,785 77,327 Switzerland 19,627 28,350 Yugoslavia 38,760 58,255 U.S.A. 2,406,714* 6,107,292 Netherlands East Indies. 19,818 62,476 Japan 109,184 1460,442 * Air mail loss.