HC Deb 06 November 1902 vol 114 c261
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