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This table of figures was attached to a document produced by the Conservative Chancellor of the Exchequer Richard 'Rab' Butler. It was produced four years into a Conservative government that had been elected in 1951. Although Labour had constructed the Welfare State the Conservatives were willing to try and uphold its main principles.
The memorandum this appendix was attached to can be seen in 1955 Cabinet memorandum on increased cost of social services.
APPENDIX
Exchequer Expenditure on Social Services
(The references are to Civil Estimates, 1955-56)
| Class | Vote | Revised estimate (net) 1955-56 (£ million) |
Actual comparable net expenditure 1951-52 (£ million) |
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| IV. | 1. | Ministry of Education (excluding Sub-heads H, I, N) | 270.5 | 204.1 (a) |
| IV. | 14. | Scottish Education Department (excluding Sub-head D) | 38.2 | 28.9 (a) |
| IV. | 12 | Universities and Colleges | 32.3 | 23.6 |
| V. | 2. | Housing (England and Wales) | 60.1 | 49.2 |
| 5. | National Health Service (England and Wales) (excluding Sub-heads P and P P) | 413.1 | } 394.4 (b)</< TD> |
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| 11. | National Health Service (Scotland) (excluding Sub-head P) | 52.3 | ||
| 12. | Housing (Scotland) | 12.8 | 10.6 | |
| VI. | 8. | Ministry of Labour: Employment, Training and Rehabilitation (Sub-head C only) | 6.3 | 8.5 |
| III. | 5. | Home Office: Care and Welfare of Children (England and Wales) (Sub-heads D-G only) | 6.9 | 5.5 |
| 10. | Legal Aid (England and Wales) | 1.6 | 0.3 (c) | |
| I. | 25. | Scottish Home Department: Child Care (Sub-head C 2-4); Legal Aid (Sub-head F); Physical Training (Sub-head H) | 1.0 | 0.7 (c) |
| VII. | 10. | Milk for Non-Maintained Schools (Sub-head J 3 only) | 1.0 | -- (a) |
| 10. | National Milk Scheme (expectant mothers and children (Sub-head J 4 only) | 31.1 | 25.1 | |
| 10. | Welfare Foods (Sub-head H, part) | 5.1 | 6.2 | |
| X. | 2. | Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance (mainly administration) | 4.5 | 4.9 |
| 3. | War Pensions | 89.3 | 76.5 | |
| 4. | Family Allowances (Sub-head C only) | 106.2 | 63.1 | |
| 5. | National Assistance Board | 124.7 | 99.8 | |
| Exchequer Expenditure (excluding National and Industrial Injuries Insurance) (d) | 1,257 | 1,001 | ||
| Expenditure of National Insurance and Industrial Injuries Funds (e) | 685 | 435 | ||
| Total Exchequer Expenditure plus Expenditure of Insurance Funds | 1,942 | 1,436 |
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