§ MR. HENRY J. WILSON (Yorkshire, W. R., Holmfirth)To ask President of the Local Government Board whether he can give the names of the unions in England and Wales which have put into operation the principle of isolated or scattered homes for poor law children, with the total number of children so provided for, and the average number of beds provided in each home in each of such unions.
(Answered by Mr. Walter Long.) The following statement gives the names of the unions in which the guardians have established isolated or scattered homes for poor law children, and the number of children provided for in each case. I cannot state accurately the average number of beds provided in each home. but the number would usually be about twelve, and would in no case exceed fifteen.
| Union. | Number of Children. |
| Barton Regis | 6 |
| Bath | 79 |
| Blackburn | 91 |
| Bradford, Yorks | 73 |
| Bristol | 297 |
| Camberwell | 337 |
| Cardiff | 198 |
| Cheltenham | 33 |
| Chepstow | 15 |
| Chester | 52 |
| Darlington | 19 |
| Daventry | 26 |
| Eastbourne | 12 |
| Evesham | 13 |
| Gloucester | 39 |
| Gravesend and Milton | 30 |
| Hartismere | 11 |
| Hastings | 24 |
| Haverfordwest | 24 |
| Holywell | 10 |
| Huddersfield | 19 |
| Keighley | 35 |
| Kendal | 40 |
| Kingston, Surrey | 49 |
| Leeds | 35 |
| Lincoln | 25 |
| Long Ashton | 20 |
| Maidstone | 11 |
| Carried forward | 1,623 |
| Union. | Number of Children. |
| Brought forward | 1,623 |
| Middlesbrough | 128 |
| Mile End | 196 |
| Morpeth | 15 |
| Newport, Salop | 10 |
| Newton Abbot | 18 |
| Plymouth | 79 |
| Reading | 101 |
| Richmound, Surrey | 29 |
| Sheffield | 388 |
| Stamford | 4 |
| Steyning | 6 |
| Stockport | 39 |
| Stockton | 88 |
| Stow | 22 |
| Strood | 7 |
| Toxteth Park | 73 |
| Warwick | 23 |
| Worksop | 23 |
| Total | 2,872 |
§ Provision of the kind referred to has been, or is being, made in the following unions, but I have not at present information as to the number of children to be accommodated in these cases:—Barnstaple, Derby, Hartlepool, Malling, North Bierley, Norwich, Oldham, Pontypool, Rotherham, Wakefield, Wells, Willesden, Great Yarmouth.