§ MR. HUNTI beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board whether he could give the amount paid in poor relief in Great Britain, Germany, and the United States, respectively, for the year 1906.
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD (Mr. JOHN BURNS,) BatterseaThe total expenditure of local authorities in Great Britain on the relief of the poor in the year 1906–7 was £15,379,600. Similar information is not available in regard to the German Empire and the United States of America.