§ MR. PIKE PEASE (Darlington)To ask the President of the Local Government Board whether he can state what was the entire expenditure from rates, including expenditure out of loans and from any other source, if any, of Poor Law administration since the passing of the Act of 1834 to the end of the financial year, 1906.
§ (Answered by MR. John Burns.) The aggregate expenditure, ordinarily classed as relating to the relief of the poor, of the guardians of the poor, and other local authorities in England and Wales during the period of seventy-two years referred to was approximately £554,000,000.