§ 31. Mr. GILBERTasked the Minister of Health the total number of boards of guardians in the county of London; what is the total number of members of such boards; what is the total expenditure of guardians in London for the last financial year; if his Department makes any grants from taxes towards this expenditure; and, if so, to what extent?
§ Sir A. MONDThere are 28 boards of guardians in the county of London, and the total number of members of those boards is nearly 800. The total expenditure of London guardians, excluding payments made to the Metropolitan Asylums Board, for 1920–1921, the latest year for which particulars are available, was £6,912,000. The grants made by my Department from taxes towards this expenditure amount to £5,836. In addition, grants are payable to the guardians by the county council out of the money paid to them by my Department from the Local Taxation Account and from other moneys.