§ Mr. Dolandasked the Minister of Supply whether he will indicate the result of salvage work for each Metropolitan borough and for the large cities outside London, respectively, for the months of April, May and June.
§ Major Lyonsasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Supply, whether he will indicate the result of salvage work for each Metropolitan borough and for the large cities outside London, respectively, for the months of May and June, 1941.
§ Mr. Harold Macmillan, pursuant to the replies [OFFICIAL REPORT, 11th June, 1941, cols. 205–6, Vol. 372; and 16th July, 1941, col. 620, Vol. 373], supplied the following information:—
The following table shows for each of the Metropolitan Boroughs, and the larger cities outside London, the value of the sales of salvaged material for the month of June, 1941. These figures do not include material collected and sold by voluntary organisations or merchants.
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Metropolitan Boroughs. Value £ Battersea 196 Bermondsey 261 Bethnal Green 232 Camberwell 310 Chelsea 33 Deptford 55 Finsbury 179 Fulham 520 Greenwich 351 Hackney 515 Hammersmith 87 Hampstead 442 Holborn 200 Islington and Stoke Newington 1,486 Kensington 436 Lambeth 184 Lewisham 266 London, City of 285 Paddington 494 Poplar 737 St. Marylebone 363 St. Pancras 502 Shoreditch 113 Southwark 393 Stepney 104 Wandsworth 493 Westminster, City of 967 Woolwich 229 Total £10,433
The corresponding totals for previous months were: — April £10,679 May £10,641
Large Cities outside London. Value. £ Birmingham 7,901 Bristol 2,936 Edinburgh 5,445 Glasgow 9,363 Leeds 2,791 Liverpool 2,904 Manchester 4,319 Sheffield 6,355 Total £42,014
The corresponding totals for previous months were:— April £41,661 May £40,543