§ Mr. Gallacherasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what are the separate amounts of subsidies for Housing and Civil Aviation Schemes included in the £400 million shown in table XXII page 45 of the Economic Survey for 1948, Cmd. 7344; and what are the separate amounts of subsidies for National Milk and Milk in Schools schemes which have been excluded from the figure of £400 million.
§ Sir S. CrippsThe estimate was arrived at as follows:
£ms. Food Subsidies (Autumn Budget figures for 1947–48) 392 Add Housing Subsidies (Central and Local Governments) 43 Add Civil Aviation Subsidies (1948–49 Estimates) 8 Less National Milk Scheme (Calendar Year 1948) 21½ Less Milk in Schools Scheme (Calendar Year 1948) 8½ 413 In view of the uncertain basis of some of these estimates in relation to the calendar year, a round figure of £400 million was used in Table XXII.