§ 88. Mr. Willeyasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Works, as representing the Lord President of the Council, the capital expenditure for buildings of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research in each of the years 1944–45 to 1953–54, inclusive, expressed in terms of 1946 values.
§ Mr. BevinsI have been asked to reply on behalf of my right hon. Friend the Minister of Works. The figures are as follows:
Year £'000 (nearest) Actual expenditure Expressed in terms of 1946 values 1944–45 … … 38 49 1945–46 … … 37 42 1946–47 … … 34 34 1947–48 … … 50 45 1948–49 … … 101 85 1949–50 … … 268 225 1950–51 … … 361 286 1951–52 … … 436 294 1952–53 … … 453 293 1953–54 … … 748 491 (a) The figures of actual expenditure since 1946-47 on buildings for D.S.I.R. Stations were published in the last Annual Report of the Advisory Council on Scientific Policy (Cmd. 9260).
(b) In order to express actual expenditure figures in terms of 1946 values they have been corrected by the use of an index of building costs.