§ 25. Mr. CAMPIONasked the President of the Local Government Board the total amount spent on lunatics and lunatic asylums in England and Wales for the last financial year for which the figures are available; what portion of this amount was paid out of the National Exchequer, and what portion out of local rates?
§ Mr. BURNSThe total amount expended by local authorities in England and Wales, otherwise than out of loans, on lunatics and lunatic asylums in the year 1910–11 was £4,100,000. It is estimated that of this sum some £1,200,000 may be regarded as defrayed out of Exchequer Grants, £2,250,000 out of rates, and the balance from other sources.