asked the Minister of Health whether the Wetherby Parish Council has been successful, and at what price, in acquiring for burial ground an area of 1¾ acres at Hallfield from the Gunther trustees; whether he is aware that the owners had been asking £600 for this land, besides which the council would have had to build a 10-feet wall and would have been involved in drainage costs of about £400; and if he can say what was the rateable value of this land when last occupied?

I understand that no decision has been reached by the local authority regarding the acquisition of this land. I have no information as to its rateable value when last occupied.

asked the Minister of Health, whether he has given consent to the Croydon Town Council to borrow money for purchasing as an open space the Beaulieu estate, situate between Beulah Hill and Auckland Road, Upper Norwood; whether the Ecclesiastical Commissioners are the vendors; and whether he can state the area of the land in question, the price paid or agreed upon, and the rateable value of the land previous to purchase?

Consent has been given to a loan for the purchase of the estate from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for the benefit, improvement or development of the county borough. The area of the land is approximately 21⅓ acres, the price paid was £10,000, and the previous rateable value was £234.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will give a list of subsidies granted by His Majesty's Government to industries in Great Britain and the Crown Colonies since 1931?

The following list contains particulars of subsidies payable since 1st October, 1931, from public funds to industries and branches of industry in the United Kingdom. The figures include the estimated expenditure during the current year.

	£
Beet Sugar	21,164,399
Cattle Industry—payments to producers	18,218,859
Milk	5,764,297
Land Fertility Improvement	1,889,205
Oats and Barley	203,000
Tramp Shipping	4,002,183
Herring Industry	130,157
Light Horse Breeding	49,000
Mechanical Transport	13,360
Civil Aviation	3,627,600

As regards the Crown Colonies, no subsidies to industries have been paid except in so far as assistance has been afforded through the Colonial Development Fund. Particulars of the payments out of the Fund will be found in the Annual Reports of the Committee, published as Command Papers.

asked the Minister of Labour whether he will state the amount of money paid from the Unemployment Insurance Fund and the Unemployment Assistance Board to persons in Great Britain for each year from 1933 to 1937; and he will give similar figures for Wales and Monmouthshire during the same period?

Great Britain.
Calendar Year.						Unemployment Benefit.		Transitional Payments and Unemployment Allowances.
						General Scheme.	Agricultural Scheme.(b)
						£	£	£
1933	…	…	…	…	…	43,182,000	—	50,527,000
1934	…	…	…	…	…	40,588,000	—	43,137,000
1935	…	…	…	…	…	44,055,000	—	42,607,000
1936	…	…	…	…	…	38,010,000	46,500	39,297,000
1937	…	…	…	…	…	33,160,000	455,000	36,740,000

Wales (including Monmouthshire).
Calendar Year.						Unemployment Benefit, (a)		Transitional Payments and Unemployment Allowances.(a)
						General Scheme.	Agricultural Scheme.(b)
						£	£	£
1933	…	…	…	…	…	2,964,000	—	6,449,000
1934	…	…	…	…	…	3,009,000	—	6,451,000
1935	…	…	…	…	…	3,514,000	—	6,912,000
1936	…	…	…	…	…	3,331,000	4,800	6,882,000
1937	…	…	…	…	…	2,279,000	34,000	5,716,000

Monmouthshire.
Calendar Year.						Unemployment Benefit, (a)		Transitional Payments and Unemployment Allowances.(a)
						General Scheme.	Agricultural Scheme.(b)
						£	£	£
1933	…	…	…	…	…	512,000	—	1,296,000
1934	…	…	…	…	…	446,000	—	1,259,000
1935	…	…	…	…	…	492,000	—	1,290,000
1936	…	…	…	…	…	548,000	650	1,217,000
1937	…	…	…	…	…	325,000	3,900	912,000
(a) The figures are exclusive of payments made through Associations, for which a geographical analysis is not available.
(b) Agricultural Benefit became payable as from the 5th November, 1936.

pursuant to his reply (OFFICIAL REPORT, 7th July, 1938; col. 618, Vol. 338) supplied the following Table. Approximate amounts of unemployment benefit, transitional payments and unemployment allowances paid in Great Britain for each year from 1933 to 1937, and similar figures for Wales and Monmouthshire respectively.