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 |
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: