TABLES relating to Presented to ParliamaTit ful mi Napd of His Majesty = £8 eect rrversoar rete 4 om ————————————————— . » 3" 3 Fh 0 = 3 4 Cilfe LONDON: PRINTED & PUBLISHED BY HIS MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE To be purchased directly from H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE at the following addresses : Adastral House, Kingsway, London, W.C.2; 28, Abingdon Street, London, SW. ; York Street, Manchester; 1, St. Andrew’s Crescent, Cardiff ; or 120, George Street, Edinburgh ; or through any Bookseller 1926 Price 3d. Net Cmd. 2613 NATIONAL EXPENDITURE. I.—THE INCREASE OF NATIONAL EXPENDITURE, 1914-1925. TABLE (A)—TOTAL EXPENDITURE. Original Estimatcs of Expenditure. 1914-15. 1925-26. n BE $53 2 sl EB hr 5 E 8g EB Ey 1. Obligatory Services Debt Services en 23% 8565 Pensions Services of all kinds (excluded under heads below). (For details see Table B) ...| 20 121 — 430 16978 }— — 473 59°5 2. Grant Services of all | kinds except Boad | Fund, e.g., Educa- trom, Housing, Health, Police, Local } Taxation, Beet Sugar Subsidy and all Irish Services. (For de- tails see Table CO) .... 3 191! 90, 11'8 3. Self-Supporting Ser-: vices— oo Post Office ow pee he 50% Road Fund wo al 21, a —-- 2B} 126 - 67} As 4. National Administra- tive Services— (For details see Table D.) Imperial Defence wd TF 2 104 Tax Collection .... a 11 Grants to Insurance . Schemes a oy 2 20 New Services .... y : 10 All other Civil Services | 123 20 — 96! 477 :- - 165 £07 Adjustment for Approxi- mations a .. £455,000 £400,000 Grand Total... £204,945,000 100-0 [£799,400,000 1 1000 I 390 4! AC TABLE (B)—PENSION SERVICES OF ALL KINDS. Provision in Original Estimate, 191415. 1925-26. . Pensions charged on Defence Votes ols 6,966,000 16,140,000 152 Pensions charged on Revenue Votes 1,516,000 3,629,600 139 Civil Service Pensions (including Consoli- dated Fund Pensions) 866,000 1,530,000 (Approx.; (a.) Total for State em- ployees .... aes 9,348,000 21,299,000 128 State payments in respect of— (i., School Teachers’ Pensions ... 244,000 4,522 000 (ii.) Police Pensions 340,000 2,135,000 E000 — 6,657,000 1,040 Total for State em- ployees, Teachers and - Police .... = — 9,932,000 27,956,000! 181 Old Age Pensions — 10,111,000 26,794,000 165 War Pensions (includ- ing Merchant Sea- men’s Pensions and administration) . 66,494,000 - Grand Total 20,043,000 121,244,000 505 Wt. — 1500 3/26 F.O.P. (14328) TABLE (C).—GRANT SERVICES, &c. Original Estimate for— Percentage Increase. 1914-15. 1925-26. Grants for Local Services, &c., in Great Britain— Payments to Local Taxation Accounts .... orm ... 8,089,000 183,329,000 65 Education .... - ... 16,614,000 42,394,000 155 Agriculture (including Land Settlement Grants and Loans and the Development Fund)... 371,000 3,347,000 802 Health Services ver 522,000 3,422,000 556 Housing wo os 9,040,000 = Reformatories and Mental De- ficiency .... oy _ 539,000 1,023,000 4) Police (voted grants additional to payments through Local Taxation Accounts)... ve 100,000 5,011,000 Unemployment Grants and Loans eee ” on : 3,796,000 Miscellaneous he 127,000 390,000 207 All Irish Services ” ~.. 12,738,000 8,557,000 Total .... ~ 89,100,000 90,309,000 "21 n ¥5 A D 4 - 122% R TABLE (D).—NATIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES. (Excluding Pensions and Irish Services.) Original Estimates. Petcontige TT 1914-15. 1925-96. Increase. (a.) Imperial Defence— ey y Navy Yo ms .. 48,541,000 52,369,000 Army... rin .. 24,888,000 36,634,000 Air Force ; . : 15,370,000 73,429,000 104,373,000 2 (b.) Tax Collection (including cost of accommodation)— Customs PYF 0d 1,844,000 3,988,000 Inland Revenue or 2,137,000 6,770,000 3,981,000 10,758,000 170 (c.) Grants to Insurance Schemes— Health ir we 5,807,000 6,850,000 Unemployment 600,000 13,105,000 6,407,000 19,955,000 211 (d.) New Services— Mandated Territories and Middle East .... 5,120,000 Training, &c. of ex-Ser- vice Men si a 1,438,000 Imperial War Graves Commission .... fn 726,000 Liquidation of War Commitments oi 690,000 Withdrawal of Surplus Silver Currency i 556,000 Oversea Settlement .... 494,000 Preparation of Electoral Registers nih - 460,000 Forestry .... i i 300,000 9,784,000 Le 3) 6 4 6 Original Estimates. ' Porcen ie 1914-15. 1975-20 J acres (e.) All other Civil Services— Works, Buildings. &c. .... 2,339,000 4,847,000 107 All other expenditure, including Judicial, Financial, Trade, Fo- reign and Empire de- partments, Stationery, Museums and admini- stration of all Grant Services in Great Britain oe ... 10,398,000 15,479,000 9 12,737,000 20,326,000 0) Grand Total .. 96,554,000 165,196,000 71 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 be i = (F.)—INCREASES DUE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCHEMES APPROVED BY PREVIOUS PARLIAMENTS OR GOVERNMENTS. The following items which are given rather by way of illustration than as a comprehensive list, include only services in which the increases stated would, in the absence of new decisions, naturally follow from the policy already declared. In other fields of expenditure, e.g. grants to local authorities for education and health services, the growing cost of the service is dependent on declared policy, but it is impossible to assign the incidence even approximately :— Air Force. Scheme of expansion .... wee 2,500,000 Old-Age Pensions. Pre-1925 Scheme 1,250,000 Health Insurance Grants.... or ~. 1,925,000 Housing Subsidies os i : 570,000 Land Settlement Re-Valuation ... 560,000 Teachers’ Pensions y m2 500,000 Oversea Settlement oe 500,000 Imperial War Graves Commission... he 300,000 Police Pensions... on ... 145,000 Total 8,250,000 J (G).—OTHER INCREASES AND DECREASES, LARGELY AUTOMATIC IN CHARACTER. Estimated additional cost in 1926-27 as compared with Original Estimates for 1925-20. INCREASES— i Road Fund Re 2,000,000 Post Office vr or 1,650,000 Grants for Education, Health Ser- vices and Police (additional to increases under (KE) and (F)) .... 1,400,000 Net increase due to operation of incremental scales (excluding Post Office) os - Rs 700,000 Pensions—Defence and Civil Ser- vices (excluding Post Office; .... 400,000 6,150,000 DECREASES— £ War Pensions .... eee 2,500,000 Training, &e., of Ex-Service Men .. on 900,000 Land Settlement Loans .... 700,000 — — 4,100,000 Net increase i 2,050,000 SUMMARY— / Table (E.) Increases as Ln » (F.) Increases en 8,250,000 » (G.) Increases - 6,150,000 38,847,000 (G.) Decreases ... 4,100,000 Net increase 34,747,000 TREASURY CHAMBERS, 16TH MARCH, 1926 t.—Additional Charges in 1926-27. (E.)— iS DUE TO DECISIONS OF THE PRESENT RLIAMENT AND GOVERNMENT. lu e of any revision of these decisions it is estimated that 5 i charges would have fallen to be met in 1926-27, the amy ch case being the increase on the original estimate, it any, *€} = : fn Estimated Additional 5 Cost in 1926-27. ¢ £ Né 6 and Old Age Pensions Scheme .... 5,700,000 Im te contributions to Unemployment 2 Scheme oh er ... 8,800,000 : tbsidy oo a we 1,750.000 N ete., Programme id wee 8,724,000 Col 'ndustry Subvention .... .. 4,100,000 Un t Insurance (Northern Ireland) 5 i _ ore 875,000 Ma impire Produce = al . 500,000 Re y and increase of strength of police - - b.. + 400,000 Pro eel houses, Scotland .... dh 368,000 Ne Scheme es 7 ih 200,000 Tit 125. New grant at the rate of per annum She yo AT 150,000 Trd nemployed Men i os 150,000 ¥ 21,717,000 Ina iducation Estimates due to the a of teachers’ pension contributions Ca ixchequer under the Teachers’ lation Act, 1925. In 1925-26 ributions are being appropriated he Education Votes. This charge 4 irse, balanced by an equivalent » the revenue side of the account . 's no fresh burden on the taxpayer 2,730,000 Co Total . we 24,447,000 2 ar ——