§ 59. Mr. B. SMITHasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the amount per head of the population expended in 1926–27 in respect of each of the chief ser vices undertaken or contributed to by the State, including the various social services, but excluding the Post Office, and excluding contributions by employers and employed in respect of health and unemployment insurance, and widows', orphans', and old age pensions?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLI would refer the hon. Member to the detailed statement given to my hon. Friend, the Member for Central Nottingham (Mr. Bennett) on the 28th July last. But as I pointed out in regard to a similar inquiry last Tuesday, any comparison of pre-War and post-War figures per head of population is very misleading and requires to be qualified by reference to the alterations that have taken place, particularly in the value of money.