Oral Answers to Questions — National Finance – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 4 Chwefror 1947.
Brigadier Sir Harry Mackeson
, Hythe
12:00,
4 Chwefror 1947
asked the Chancellor of the exchequer what progress had been made at the end of 1946 towards the expenditure of £3,272,350 shown under the Civil Estimates as being required for departmental forms, circulars, pamphlets, etc., during the current financial year; and how this expenditure compares with the amount expended during a similar period in 1945.
Mr Hugh Dalton
, Bishop Auckland
£2,048,600 to the end of 1946, which is about a million pounds less than for the corresponding period of 1945.
The chancellor of the exchequer is the government's chief financial minister and as such is responsible for raising government revenue through taxation or borrowing and for controlling overall government spending.
The chancellor's plans for the economy are delivered to the House of Commons every year in the Budget speech.
The chancellor is the most senior figure at the Treasury, even though the prime minister holds an additional title of 'First Lord of the Treasury'. He normally resides at Number 11 Downing Street.
