§ 86. Mr. BATEYasked the Minister of Health the number of unemployed men in receipt of Poor Law relief, and the amount of relief paid to them, in each board of guardians area in the county of Durham?
§ The MINISTER of HEALTH (Mr. Greenwood)As the reply contains a number of figures in tabular form I will, with my hon. Friend's permission, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Following is the reply:
§ Statement showing, for each Union in the Union County of Durham, the average number of unemployed men in receipt of out-door relief and the amount of out-relief paid to them and their dependants during the four weeks ended 26th October, 1929.
| Name of Union. | Average number of unemployed men in receipt of out-door relief during the four weeks ended 26th October, 1929. | Total cost of outdoor relief in money and kind to the men shown in column 2 and their dependants during the four weeks ended 26th October, 1929. |
| 1. | 2. | 3. |
| £ | ||
| Darlington | 178 | 593 |
| Gateshead | 2,857 | 11,890 |
| Hartlepool | 444 | 1,402 |
| South Shields | 1,401 | 4,649 |
| Stockton | 102 | 379 |
| Sunderland | 2,796 | 11,215 |
| Auckland | 520 | 1,845 |
| Chester-le-Street | 187 | 618 |
| Durham | 569 | 1,774 |
| Easington | 31 | 117 |
| Houghton-le-Spring | 176 | 569 |
| Lanchester | 312 | 1,139 |
| Sedgefield | 52 | 176 |
| Teesdale | 3 | 6 |
| Weardale | 10 | 23 |