asked the Minister for Local Government if he will state the total amount paid to the local authorities under the Local Authorities Works Act, and the average number of workers employed under the Act in each year from 1945 to 1958, inclusive, or to the latest available date.
Written Answers. - Local Authorities Works Act.
25.
Following is the information:—
|
Financial Year |
Total Amount paid |
Average No. of Men employed per Month in each Year |
|
£ |
||
|
1949-50 |
1,227,200 |
9,808 |
|
1950-51 |
1,698,000 |
8,121 |
|
1951-52 |
1,220,000 |
4,750 |
|
1952-53 |
650,000 |
1,840 |
|
1953-54 |
400,000 |
1,164 |
|
1954-55 |
475,000 |
1,332 |
|
1955-56 |
700,000 |
1,782 |
|
1956-57 |
595,000 |
1,408 |
|
1957-58 |
170,000 |
Nil |
|
1958-59 |
40,402 |
Nil |
NOTES:
(1) The financial year 1949-50 was the first year in which grants were made available under the Local Authorities (Works) Act, 1949, which became law in July, 1949.
(2) There was some slight employment in a number of areas in the first quarter of the financial year 1957-58 due to the fact that local authorities were granted extensions of time for completion of 1956-57 schemes.
(3) Grants for new schemes were not allocated in 1957-58 or 1958-59. The payments made in these two years represented outstanding commitments in respect of grants allocated in previous years.
(4) The employment figure given for the financial year 1949-50 represents the average number of men employed per month in respect of the eight months in which schemes were in progress in that year, viz. August, 1949, to March, 1950.