SIR WALTER, FOSTER (Derbyshire. Ilkeston)To ask the President of the Local Government Board whether he can give the names of the unions in England and Wales which have established village communities, or grouped cottage homes, for Poor Law children; the number of children accommodated in each village community; and the inclusive cost per head per annum (both establishment and maintenance charges).
(Answered by Mr. Walter Long.) The following statement gives the names of the unions in which the guardians have provided or are providing accommodation of the kind referred to, with the number of children accommodated in each case. I have no information which would enable me to state the average cost per child per annum.
| Union. | Number of Children. |
| Aston | 288 |
| Birmingham | 460 |
| Bridgend and Cowbridge | 72 |
| Burnley | 150 |
| Chorlton | 326 |
| Christchurch | 72 |
| Croydon | 72 |
| Dewsbury | 72 |
| Elham | 66 |
| Gateshead | 182 |
| Greenwich | 524 |
| Hackney | 446 |
| Hunslet | 74 |
| Kettering | 60 |
| Kings Norton | 219 |
| Leicester | 256 |
| Liverpool | 288 |
| Luton | 30 |
| Medway | 180 |
| Merthyr Tydfil | 32 |
| Neath | 84 |
| New castle-on-Tyne | 190 |
| Pontypridd | 130 |
| Rochdale | 112 |
| St. Olaves | 570 |
| Salford | 304 |
| Sculcoates | 118 |
| Shoreditch | 416 |
| Stepney | 218 |
| Stoke-upon-Trent | 144 |
| Swansea | 120 |
| Thanet, Isle of | 120 |
| Wallingford | 45 |
| Warrington | 200 |
| West Derby | 650 |
| Wolverhampton | 240 |
| Woolwich | 300 |
| Worcester | 66 |