HC Deb 23 March 1939 vol 345 cc1470-1W
Mr. McGovern

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he can state the amount of subsidies paid to the Government of Northern Ireland by the British Treasury for each year since the setting up of the Governments of the Free State and Northern Ireland?

Sir J. Simon

The following payments have been made to the Government of Northern Ireland in accordance with the provisions of the relevant Statutes:

Payments to the Government of Northern Ireland (to nearest £100).
— Buildings: Government of Ireland Act. Unemployment Payments. Special Grants.
Sec. 34(1). Sec. 24(1) (b).
£ £ £ £
1921–22 … … 103,400 — — —
1922–23 … … 53,000 6,200 56,700 3,878.300
1923–24 … … 66,200 9,100 243,300 3,002,500
1924–25 … … 107,600 63,200 — 1,250,000
1925–26 … … 161,000 6,600 706,100 1,200,000
1926–27 … … 126,800 5,900 879,600 —
1927–28 … … 119,000 5,900 296,400 —
1928–29 … … 153,500 30,500 483,100 —
1929–30 … … 191,200 50,400 346,600 —
1930–31 … … 223,400 56,600 547.400 —
1931–32 … … 257,500 52,000 165,400 —
1932–33 … … 109,300 73,500 — —
1933–34 … … 17,200 26,500 — —
1934–35 … … — 500 — —
1935–36 … … 1,600 — 760,900 —
1936–37 … … 700 500 935,800 —
I937–38 … … 1,300 — 1,615,900 —
1038–39 … … — — 1,787,200* —
*Provisional.
The above figures do not include—
(a) subsidies for agricultural producers in Northern Ireland (Milk, Cattle, Lime and Basic Slag, Oats and Barley) and Wheat deficiency payments;
(b) the amount (approximately £656,000 a year) collected from tenants and retained by the Government of Northern Ireland under Section 26 of the Government of Ireland Act, 1920, in respect of land purchase annuities under agreements entered into before the passing of the Act. (An equivalent sum is paid as a non-recoverable charge out of the Imperial Exchequer to the National Debt Commissioners.)
The special grants (in the last column of the table) were made up as follows:

£
Special initial expenses 438,300
Additional provision for Buildings (under First Report of Northern Ireland Special Arbitration Committee, Command Paper 2072/1924) 400,000
Special Constabulary 6,492,500
Malicious Injuries 2,000,000