HC Deb 23 January 1929 vol 224 c160
18. Mr. R. MORRISON

asked the Minister of Health whether he can give the total number of recipients of Poor Law relief in 1913, and on the last available date?

The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the MINISTRY of HEALTH (Sir Kingsley Wood)

The total number of persons, all classes, in receipt of Poor Law relief on the 1st January, 1913, was 794,227, and on the latest available date, 5th January, 1929, approximately 1,260,000.

Mr. MACLEAN

Do those figures include Scotland?

Sir K. WOOD

No, I could not answer for Scotland.

Mr. MACLEAN

They are only for England and Wales?