§ Mr. Pavittasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the total of the subsidy given in each of the last 10 years to the Rural Industries Loan Fund.
§ Mr. TaverneThe annual payments from the Development Fund into the Rural Industries Loan Fund have been as follows:
£s 1959–60 … … … 22,295 1960–61 … … … 7,625 1961–62 … … … 10,657 1962–63 … … … 46,068 1963–64 … … … 9,121 1964–65 … … … 78,370 1965–66 … … … 162,750 1966–67 … … … 195,260 1967–68 … … … 246,053 The Rural Industries Loan Fund was wound up at 31st March, 1968, and its assets and duties were taken over by the Council for Small Industries in Rural Areas, which has broader functions, towards which a payment of £595,000 was made from the Development Fund in 1968–69.