§ Mr. BRIDGEMANasked if the decrease in the number of persons in receipt of poor relief has been accompanied by any marked decrease in the expenditure or in the rates levied for that purpose?
§ The PRESIDENT of the LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD (Mr. Burns)Materials are not yet available for a detailed reply to this question, but the returns of expenditure on the relief of the poor for the last half-year which are now being received indicate that there has been a considerable decrease in the cost of out-relief.