asked the Minister of Health, in respect of the year 1928–29, the total amount of the grants paid to local authorities in England and Wales for each of the following services, namely, Housing, Town Planning, etc., Act, 1919; Housing, etc., Act, 1923; Housing (Financial Provisions) Act, 1924; Housing (Rural Workers) Act, 1926; mental deficiency; maintenance in mental hospitals of ex-Service patients; police (grants out of assigned revenues paid through the Local Taxation Account); maternity and child welfare; tuberculosis (treatment); tuberculosis (provision of sanatoria); treatment of venereal diseases; welfare of the blind; port sanitary administration; public vaccination; expenses of sanitary authorities in respect of health officers' salaries; unemployment schemes (capital works in respect. of non-revenue-producing undertakings and capital works in respect of revenue-producing undertakings, respectively); collection of local taxation licence duties; registration of births and deaths; Agricultural Rates Acts, 1896 and 1923; and balance of assigned revenues not specifically allocated to other purposes?

The grants paid to local authorities in England and Wales in the financial year 1928-29 in respect of the services mentioned, were as follow:

	£
Housing, Town Planning, etc., Act, 1919	6,750,217
Housing, etc., Act, 1923	1,918,099
Housing (Financial Provisions) Act, 1924	1,861,679
Housing (Rural Workers) Act, 1926	Nil.
Mental Deficiency	608,178
Maintenance in mental hospitals of ex-Service patients	32,431
Police (grants out of assigned revenues paid through the Local Taxation Account)	3,103,244
Maternity and Child Welfare	834,711
Tuberculosis (treatment) (including the sum of £106,557 paid in respect of the residential treatment of War Pensioners)	1,858,669
Tuberculosis(provision of Sanatoria)	29,409
Treatment of Venereal Diseases	302,954
Welfare of the Blind	5,810
Port Sanitary Administration	43,302
Public Vaccination	10,522
Expenses of Sanitary Authorities in respect of Health Officers' salaries	435,602
Unemployment schemes (capital works in respect of non-revenue producing undertakings) including the sum of £908,176 in respect of grants made by the Ministry of Transport from the Road Fund	1,864,045
Unemployment schemes (revenue - producing undertakings)	499,460
Collection of local taxation licence duties	60,000
Registration of births and deaths	9,381
Agricultural Rates Acts, 1896 and 1923	4,738,756
Balance of assigned revenues not specifically allocated to other purposes	2,919,678

asked the Home Secretary, in respect of the year 1928-29, the total amount of the grants paid to local authorities in England and Wales for each of the following services, namely, reformatory and industrial schools, probation of offenders, and police (in addition to sums paid through the Local Taxation Account)?

Pending the completion of the examination of the claims to grant for 1928–29, it is not possible to give the total amount of the grants paid in respect of that year. The amounts actually paid to local authorities in that year were:

	£
Police	7,120,723
Probation	46,931
Reformatory and Industrial Schools	59,451

The figure for reformatory and industrial schools represents the amount paid to local authorities in respect of their own schools. The Exchequer and local authorities contribute in equal shares towards the maintenance of children in schools under voluntary management. The net expenditure incurred by the Exchequer in the same year for all such schools was £216,724.

asked the Minister of Transport, in respect to the year 1928–29, the total amount of the grants paid to local authorities in England and Wales for each of the following services, namely, maintenance and construction grants for Class I and Class II roads in London and county boroughs, maintenance grants for unclassified roads in county districts, other grants for maintenance and construction of roads and bridges, and licensing and registration of motor vehicles?

The following approximate sums have been or will be paid to local authorities in England and Wales from the Road Fund in respect of the year 1928–29:

(i) in respect of maintenance and minor improvements of classified roads and bridges in London and county boroughs, ₣1,244,000;

(ii) in respect of maintenance of unclassified roads in rural areas, 21,594,000;

(iii) in respect of maintenance and minor improvements of classified roads and bridges other than those in London and county boroughs, £6,120,000;

(iv) in respect of costs of licensing and registration of motor vehicles, £387,000.

These figures exclude sums paid or due under grants in respect of major improvement schemes and new construction.