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Mr. Faulds
asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will reconsider his refusal to increase the annuity of £100 received by holders of the Victoria and George Crosses in view of the decline in the value of those annuities.
Mr. Robert C. Brown
No. While it is recognised that the annuity may represent a welcome addition to the resources
| House of Commons Vote | ||
| £ | £ | |
| Members' salaries | 2,801,661·74 | |
| Members' expenses | 1,962,920·49 | |
| Contributions to Parliamentary Contributory Pension Fund | 509,171·53 | |
| 5,273,753·76 | ||
| Staff salaries | 1,752,716·82 | |
| Retired allowances | 132,122·40 | |
| 1,884,839·22 | ||
| General expenses | 543,998·89 | |
| Refreshment Department (Contribution towards staff costs during the periods of recess in 1974–75 and towards the payment of interest on the Consolidated Fund Loan) | 83,265·00 | |
| Members' Fund (Grant in Aid) | 15,000·00 | |
| Police | 183,820·83 | |
| TOTAL | 7,984,677·70 | |
| £ | £ | ||||
| Treasury | |||||
| Salaries and allowances | … | … | … | 36,855·00 | |
| CSD | |||||
| Parliamentary Printing | … | … | … | 2,339,437·00* | |
| Other stationery and printing | … | … | … | 228,011·00† | |
| 2,567,448·00 | |||||
| DOE | |||||
| Salaries, wages etc. | … | … | … | 620,000·00 | |
| Capital expenditure (new works, improvements) | … | … | … | 2,280,000·00 | |
| Current expenditure (maintenance and repairs) | … | … | … | 873,000·00 | |
| 3,773,000·00 | |||||
| * This represents the production cost of House of Commons Debates, Votes of Proceedings, Bills. Acts, paper, journals and Command Papers. | |||||
| † This represents the cost of stationery, printing, office machinery etc. supplied to the House of Commons for administration purposes. | |||||
of the holders of these awards, it is not intended to be a source of income, but rather a recognition of the acts of bravery for which the awards are made.