§ Mr. Ridleyasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the current annual cost to public funds of all agricultural subsidies, school meal subsidies, school milk subsidies, housing subsidies, public libraries and museums, family allowances, Board of Trade grants for distribution of industry, adult education, and investment grants.
§ Mr. TaverneExpenditure in 1967–68 on the services in question is provisionally estimated as follows:
£ million Agricultural Subsidies 225 School meals—current grants to persons 94 School milk—current grants to persons 18 Housing subsidies 195 Libraries and museums 60 Family allowances 160 Promotion of local employment— capital grants 23 Further education 232 Investment grants 315 Later information will appear in the National Income and Expenditure Blue Book 1968 which will be published in September this year.