§ 46. Mr. BATEYasked the Minister of Health the amount paid by boards of guardians for unemployed workmen and their dependants during, the latest available six months?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINThe cost of the relief in money or kind given by boards of guardians in England and Wales to ordinarily employed persons who were unemployed and holding the appropriate form issued by an Employment Exchange, and the dependants of those persons, during the six months ended 25th February, 1928, was £2,757,972.
§ Mr. BATEYHas the Minister, in view of that large amount communicated with the Ministry of Labour?