asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the total amount paid under the Pensions (Increase) Acts, 1920 and 1924, for the financial years 1925–26 and 1926–27, respectively, in each case only that amount being stated which is due to the increases under the above Acts?

The approximate total charge on the Exchequer, excluding the charge borne by local authorities, in respect of increases payable under the Pensions (Increase) Acts, 1920 and 1924, to pensioners of the Navy, Army, Civil Service, teachers and police (including Royal Irish Constabulary) was £1,090,600 for the financial year 1925–26 and £1,058,600 for the financial year 1926–27.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what are the numbers of pre-War state pensioners of the Navy, Army, Civil Service, teachers, and police who are receiving the benefits of the Pensions Increase Acts, 1920 and 1924, showing the numbers of each class separately.

The figures asked for are estimated to be, approximately, as follow:

Navy	9,020*
Army	16,660*
Civil Service	9,560
Teachers	3,200
Police (including Royal Irish Constabulary)	16,680*
* Including widows.

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has any information indicating the attitude or intention of the Colonial Governments regarding legislation embodying the quota system as introduced into the British Government's Cinematograph Films Bill; and whether he has received any particulars of British films that have been censored and banned our Colonies and Protectorates?

While I cannot say that Colonial Governments have actually introduced any such legislation, they will no doubt consider, in connection with the Report of the recent Colonial Office Conference, what the most suitable means are for the local encouragement of British films. I may say that the Colonial Office Conference recorded their concurrence in the terms of the Resolution of the Imperial Conference, 1926, on the subject of films and expressed approval of the principle of the legislation introduced in the British Parliament, recommending the Measure to the consideration of the Governments of all the Dependencies with a view to similar action being taken wherever practicable. They also expressed the hope that an effective British distributing agency for the whole Empire would be constituted by the trade.As regards the second part of the question, I am unable to give a complete list of films that have been banned either in whole or in part in the Colonies and other Dependencies, but it has been brought to my notice that the following British films, "The Only Way," "Moon of Israel," and "Owd Bob," were banned by the local censorship authority at

Month.					Number of Persons Killed.	Number of Persons Seriously Injured.*	Number of Persons Disabled for more than three days.
1925.
April	…	…	…	…	84	371	15,043
May	…	…	…	…	87	354	15,092
June	…	…	…	…	80	288	13,438
July	…	…	…	…	91	355	17,372
August	…	…	…	…	87	295	12,450
September	…	…	…	…	79	379	13,825
October	…	…	…	…	100	342	15,021
November	…	…	…	…	103	357	14,252
December	…	…	…	…	116	391	14,093
1926.
January	…	…	…	…	87	402	15,888
February	…	…	…	…	113	407	15,617
March	…	…	…	…	110	432	17,751
April	…	…	…	…	98	434	17,146
December	…	…	…	…	98	390	11,715
1927.
January	…	…	…	…	76	416	Not yet available.
February	…	…	…	…	94	399
March	…	…	…	…	155	510
April	…	…	…	…	101	383
May	…	…	…	…	99	421
* These particulars refer to accidents which, because of their nature are required to be reported to the Inspectors of Mines at the time of their occurrence. They include (a) accidents causing fracture of head or limb, or dislocation of limb, or any other serious personal injury; (b) accidents caused by explosion of gas or dust, or any other explosive or by electricity or by overwinding, and causing any personal injury whatever. The majority of these persons were disabled for more than three days and are included in the following column.

asked the Secretary for Mines the number of fatal and nonfatal accidents in the mining industry for each of the months from April, 1925, to April, 1926, and for each month from December, 1926, to May, 1927?

The number of persons killed and injured at mines under the Coal and Metalliferous Mines Regulation Acts, is shown in the following table:

asked the Secretary of State for Air whether the court of inquiry held on an accident to an aeroplane at Gaza, in Palestine, in which Flying Officer R. D. V. Howard and Wireless Operator A. E. Turvey were killed, has issued its report, and, if so, will he consider having it published?

The answer to the first part of the question is in the affirmative. As regards the second part, I must refer the hon. Member to my replies to his previous questions of 6th April, 4th and 13th May in regard to earlier accidents.

asked the First Lord of the Admiralty the maximum number of airplanes and catapults carried by cruisers, either built or building, for the navies of Great Britain, the United States, Japan, France and Italy?

As far as I am aware, the maximum number of aircraft and catapults carried by any one cruiser built is:

	Aircraft.	Catapults.
Great Britain	3	1
U.S.A.	3	2
Japan	3	1
France	1	1
Italy	—	—

As regards cruisers building, it would not be in the public interest to give any particulars of British ships, and no details of foreign ships have yet been published.