§ Mr. Redmayneasked the Minister of Health (1) what total of capital expenditure by local authorities has been authorised as expenditure related to the Festival of Britain;
(2) what total of loans to local authorities has been granted for purposes related to the Festival of Britain.
§ Mr. BevanMy Department's records of loans sanctioned and of authorisations of capital works otherwise than out of loan are kept under the specific purposes to which they relate and there is no information to show which, if any, of these have been undertaken in celebration of the Festival of Britain.
§ Mr. Redmayneasked the Minister of Health by what amount expenditure authorised to local authorities in relation to the Festival of Britain is estimated to exceed the probable normal expenditure for 1951.
§ Mr. BevanMuch of the expenditure incurred by local authorities[...] in connection with the Festival of Britain will have been undertaken under their statutory powers. Such expenditure does not normally need my authorisation and I have no means of estimating its amount. As regards the extra-statutory expenditure, I have used my powers under Section 228 (1) of the Local Government Act, 1933, to give general sanction for reasonable expenditure, but I have no information to show how far advantage has been taken of this authority.