Emergency Expenditure

HC Deb 06 June 1957 vol 571 cc146-7W

Mr. Brockway

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the amount allocated in 1952 on the Emergency Account of the Ministry of African Affairs in Kenya; the amount to be spent in 1957–58; to what purpose this account is devoted; and the amounts allocated on tribal police for the years 1952 and 1957–58 respectively.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

In 1952 there was no Ministry of African Affairs. The amount spent from the Emergency Fund in that year on the Administration was £14,313.16.23 cents. In 1957–58 Emergency expenditure from the Vote of the Ministry of African Affairs is expected to lie about £500,000; mostly on salaries and expenses of temporary administrative staff employed in the Central and Rift Valley Provinces.

In 1952 the amount spent on the tribal police was £61,277. In 1957–58 estimated expenditure is £391,000.