§ MR. HADDOCK (Lancashire, North Lonsdale)I beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board if the whole of the £200,000 voted for the unemployed has been expended; and, if not, to what object the balance will be devoted.
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD (Mr. JOHN BURNS, Battersea)The whole of the Grant has not been spent. Any sum remaining unexpended on the 31st instant will be surrendered to the Exchequer. In the meantime, I am continuing to deal with applications made to me by the local bodies under the Unemployed Workmen Act.
§ MR. KILBRIDE (Kildare, S.)How much of the grant has been applied to the relief of the unemployed in Ireland?
§ MR. JOHN BURNS£10,000.