§ Mr. T. Smithasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he will give a list of the various industries that are receiving Government subsidies; the date that each subsidy came into force; the cost of each subsidy per annum; and the total amount disbursed up to the last available date?
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§ Captain CrookshankThe following table gives certain information in regard to the subsidies at present payable from public funds to industries and branches of industry. It is not, however, possible to state the cost of each subsidy in the form of an annual liability as the statutes under
— Year in which subsidy payments commenced. Provision in 1939 Estimates. Payments up to 31st March, 1939. £ £ Beet Sugar … 1925 3,000,000 42,712,104 Cattle Industry, payments to producers … 1934 4,265,000 18, 114,794 Milk … 1934 492,910 5,696,861 Land Fertility Improvement … 1937 1,500,000 1,961,513 Bacon Industry … 1939 425,010* — Oats and Barley … 1938 930,000 164,868 Herring Industry … 1934 73.450 109,807 Civil Aviation … 1921 2,000,000 5.952.749 * Against this provision, receipts of £are anticipated. Information as to the probable cost of proposed further measures of assistance to agriculture, in respect of sheep, oats and barley, and to the shipping industry was given on 5th June in reply to a question by the hon. Member for East Rhondda (Mr. Mainwaring).