II.—Additional Charges in 1926-27. 
(E.)—INCREASES DUE TO DECISIONS OF THE PRESENT 
PARLIAMENT AND GOVERNMENT. 
In the absence of any revision of these decisions it is estimated 
that the following charges would have fallen to be met in 1926-27, 
the amounts in each case being the increase on the original estimate, 
if any, for 1925-26 :— 
Estimated Additional 
Cost in 1926-27. 
£ 
New Widows and Old Age Pensions Scheme ... 5,700,000 
Increased State contributions to Unemployment 
Insurance Scheme oo _. ... 8,800,000 
Beet Sugar Subsidy i a ett 1,750,000 
New Cruiser, etc., Programme a wee 3,724,000 
Coal Mining Industry Subvention  .... .. 4,100,000 
Unemployment Insurance (Northern Ireland) 
Agreement = — _ 875,000 
Marketing of Empire Produce ees 500,000 
Revision of pay and increase of strength of police 
forces .... rp es i oT 400,000 
Provision of steel houses, Scotland .... ih 368,000 
New Drainage Scheme _- 2 200,000 
Tithe Act, 1925. New grant at the rate of 
£300,000 per annum ~~... rie 2 150,000 
Training of Unemployed Men ee 150,000 
21,717,000 
Increase of Education Estimates due to the 
diversion of teachers’ pension contributions 
to the Exchequer under the Teachers’ 
Superannuation Act, 1925. In 1925-26 
these contributions are being appropriated 
in aid of the Education Votes. This charge 
is, of course, balanced by an equivalent 
addition to the revenue side of the account 
and involves no fresh burden on the taxpayer 2,730,000 
Total : we 24,447,000