§ MR. TIMOTHY DAVIES (Fulham)I beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board if he can state the number of persons over seventy years of age in the Administrative County of London; and whether he can state the number of such persons in the receipt of Poor Law relief on 1st January, 1908.
I beg also to ask the President of the Local Government Board if he can state the number of persons over seventy years of age in England (not including Monmouthshire) and in Wales (including Monmouthshire); and if he will state the number of such persons in receipt if Poor Law relief on 1st January, 1908, on each country.
§ MR. JOHN BURNSI hope my hon. friend will allow me to answer together these Questions. The number of persons seventy years of age and upwards in the middle of the present year is estimated as follows: Administrative County of London, 115,000; England, excluding Monmouthshire, 898,000; Wales and Monmouthshire, 59,000. The average daily number of persons of that age who have been in receipt of Poor Law relief during the year (exclusive of lunatics in asylums) is estimated as follows: Administrative County of London, about 31,000; England, excluding Monmouthshire, about 220,000; Wales and Monmouthshire, about 16,000. These figures as to pauperism must be taken as rough estimates only.