59. Mr. MACLEANasked the Minister of Health whether he can state the town or district in England and Wales which has the largest number per 10,000 of its population in receipt of Poor Law relief?
§ Mr. GREENWOODOn 22nd March last, which is the latest date for which figures are available, the parish of Poplar, which is conterminous with the borough of Poplar, had the largest number.
| Sums available for the repayment of the National Debt. | ||||||
| Actual. | ||||||
| Financial Year. | Budget provision as estimated | From Budget Sinking Fund provision. | Surplus (+) or Deficit (-) on year. | Sundry amounts applied from other sources.* | Total. | |
| £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | ||
| 1924–5 | … | 45,000,000 | 45,000,000 | + 3,659,000 | 5,634,000 | 54,293,000 |
| 1925–6 | … | 50,000,000 | 50,000,000 | -14,038,120 | 4,161,000 | 40,123,000 |
| 1926–7 | … | 60,000,000 | 60,000,000 | -36,693,794 | 4,740,000 | 28,046,000 |
| 1927–8 | … | 65,000,000 | 65,000,000 | † | 6,494,000 | 71,494,000 |
| 1928–9 | … | 65,000,000‡ | 57,509,000‡ | † | — | 57,509,000‡ |
| 1929–30 | … | 50,400,000 | 47,748,000 | -14,523,000 | — | 33,225,000 |
| 1930–1 | … | 55,400,000 | — | — | — | — |
| * "The amounts applied from other sources" do not include every miscellaneous item that went to Debt redemption outside the Budget. The column is inserted for comparative purposes and shows the so-called concealed Sinking Funds (namely, Principal Repayments of Dominion and certain other loans, interest on Victory Bonds held by National Debt Commissioners, etc.) which from 1928 onwards have ceased to operate independently. | ||||||
| † The Budget surpluses of 1927–28 and 1928–29 were not applied to Debt redemption. | ||||||
| ‡ These sums include £13,423,000 from the Currency Note Assets. |