Orders of the Day — Civil Estimates and Supplementary Estimates, 1947–48 – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 31 July 1947.
"That a sum, not exceeding £20,258,755, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1948, for Expenditure in respect of the Services included in Class III of the Civil Estimates, namely:
| £ | ||
| 1. | Home Office | 1,231,805 |
| 2. | Broadmoor Crimina Lunatic Asylum | 107,440 |
| 3. | Police, England and Wales | 10,675,515 |
| 4. | Prisons, England and Wales | 2,780,687 |
| 5. | Approved Schools, etc., England and Wales (including a Supplementary sum of £20,000) | 1,409,900 |
| 6. | Supreme Court of Judicature, etc | 56,695 |
| 7. | County Courts, etc. | 311,408 |
| 8. | Land Registry | 90 |
| 9. | Public Trustee | 64,300 |
| 10. | Law Charges | 291,568 |
| 11. | Miscellaneous Legal Expenses | 21,940 |
| Scotland | ||
| 12. | Police | 2,117,270 |
| 13. | Prisons | 350,191 |
| 14. | Approved Schools, etc. | 152,000 |
| 15. | Scottish Land Court | 6,145 |
| 16. | Law Charges and Courts of Law (including a Supplementary sum of £1,500) | 68,747 |
| 17. | Register House, Edinburgh | 90 |
