§ MR. PIKE PEASE (Darlington)To ask the President of the Local Government Board whether he is now in a position to state the total amount of Poor Law expenditure out of loans for the year ending 31st December, 1906.
(Answered by Mr. John Burns.) The Returns as to Poor Law expenditure relate to the financial year ending in March, and not to the calendar year. The amount of the expenditure out of the loans for the financial year ended March, 1906, cannot at present be stated.