§ Mr. ROBERT THOMPSONasked what are the pauper populations confined in workhouses in the chief cities and towns of England, Scotland, and Ireland for the month of June last, calculated on a basis of each 10,000 of the respective populations in each case?
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD (Mr. Herbert Lewis)Returns relating to pauperism in England and Wales on 1st July, 1911, are now being received, and my right hon. Friend the President of the Local Government Board will be happy to furnish the hon. Member as soon as those returns are complete with a statement such as he desires with regard to places in England and Wales. As regards. Scotland and Ireland, I may refer the hon. Member to the Secretary for Scotland and the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland respectively.