Mr. Evansasked the President of the Board of Education what was the net expenditure of each local education authority in Wales and Monmouthshire on elementary and higher education, respectively, in 1938–39, showing separately the amounts met from taxes and from rates?
§ Mr. ButlerFollowing is the answer:
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HIGHER EDUCATION 1938–39. L.E.A. Total net expenditure. Met from Taxes. Rates. COUNTIES: £ £ £ Anglesey … … 30,583 15,787 14,796 Breconshire … … 51,749 25,422 26,327 Caernarvonshire … … 75,764 39,625 36,139 Cardiganshire … … 32,062 16,275 15,787 Carmarthenshire … … 96,927 49,608 47,319 Denbighshire … … 107,583 55,701 51,532 Flintshire … … 69,185 35,974 33,211 Glamorgan … … 518,523 262,061 256,462 Merionethshire … … 38,568 19,432 19,136 Monmouthshire … … 216,184 110,171 106,013 Montgomeryshire … … 30,983 16,134 14,849 Pembrokeshire … … 50,268 25,673 24,595 Radnorshire … … 14,225 7,512 6,713 COUNTY BOROUGHS: Cardiff … … 168,110 83,703 84,407 Merthyr Tydfil … … 49,199 24,116 25,083 Newport (Mon.) … … 60,074 30,220 29,854 Swansea … … 115,342 61,466 53,876
Mr. Evansasked the President of the Board of Education what are the amounts for Wales and Monmouthshire corresponding to the amounts given in Table 2 in the Appendix to Cmd. 6458?
§ Mr. ButlerI regret that as the figures to which the hon. Member refers were calculated for England and Wales as a whole it is impossible to give the information requested.