§ 79. Sir W. Smithersasked the Minister of Health the amounts and descriptions of the loans to the London County Council written off by his Department; by what 430W authority he has written them off; and what loans to other local authorities has he likewise written off.
§ Mr. BevanI assume that the hon. Member is referring to the scheme under which financial assistance was given to local authorities whose rate increase had been seriously depleted by wartime conditions. No loans have been made to the London County Council under this scheme. As to writing off loans made to other authorities I would refer to the answer given to my hon. Friend the Member for Epping (Mrs. Manning) on 6th November 1945. I cannot yet give the exact total of the loan portion of the advances made to other authorities which will be written off, but the amount will be about £3 million.