Written Answers
Slum Clearance Schemes, Scotland
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland the number of houses in Scotland demonished under slum clearance schemes, or otherwise, during the period from 1919 to the nearest convenient date?
Complete figures for the period covered by the question are not available, but it is estimated that during the period from 1919 to 31st March, 1933, 24,100 houses were closed or demolished in connection with schemes promoted by local authorities with State assistance specifically for the rehousing of persons displaced from unfit houses. I have no information as to the number of houses closed or demolished otherwise than in connection with such schemes.
India
Expenditure
asked the Secretary of State for India for actual or approximate figures of the total recurring annual charges required to meet India's foreign obligations?
On the basis of the Budget estimates for 1933-34, the total annual expenditure out of India on
| Balance of Trade of India. | ||||||||
| The sign plus (+) indicates net export, and minus (-) net import. | ||||||||
| Year. | Balance of Trade in Merchandise (Private). Exports of Indian Merchandise (Private). Re-exports of Foreign Merchandise (Private). Imports of Foreign Merchandise (Private). | Balance of transactions in Treasure (Private). Gold (Private).* Silver (Private).* Currency notes (Private). | Total visible balance of trade. | |||||
| Rupees | (Lakhs), | Rupees | (Lakhs). | Rupees | (Lakhs). | |||
| 1932 | … | … | + | 4,77 | + | 74,00 | + | 78,77 |
| 1931 | … | … | + | 34,74 | + | 26,51 | + | 61,25 |
| 1930 | … | … | + | 73,81 | - | 26,83 | + | 46,98 |
| 1929 | … | … | + | 81,96 | - | 27,99 | + | 53,97 |
| 1928 | … | … | + | 92,14 | - | 35,67 | + | 56,47 |
| 1927 | … | … | + | 82,48 | - | 31,83 | + | 50,65 |
| 1926 | … | … | + | 97,00 | - | 42,12 | + | 54,88 |
| 1925 | … | … | + | 182,47 | - | 81,15 | + | 101,32 |
| 1924 | … | … | + | 144,57 | - | 64,54 | + | 80,03 |
| 1923 | … | … | + | 123,87 | - | 60,03 | + | 63,84 |
| *Excluding transactions which do not enter into the balance of trade. | ||||||||
Government account is approximately £32,000,000. This includes expenditure on both revenue and capital account.
Balance Of Trade
asked the Secretary of State for India for the figures of India's visible balance of trade for each of the past 10 years?
The following table gives the information asked for: