§ 14. Mr. McENTEEasked the Minister of Health what was the cost per head for Poor Law relief in the year 1930 and what is the present cost; and what was the total amount spent on Poor Law relief in the years 1929–30, 1930–31 and the year 1931–32, and the number of persons assisted in each year?
Sir H. YOUNGAs the reply which relates only to England and Wales contains a number of figures, I will, with the
| The following STATEMENT gives the desired information so far as it is available. The figures do not include the cost or number of rate aided patients in mental hospitals. | |||||||
| Year. | Expenditure on Poor Relief. | Average Number of Persons During the year in receipt of | Average Weekly Cost per person of out relief in money and kind. | ||||
| Institutional Relief. | Domiciliary Relief. | Institutional Relief. | Out relief money and kind. | ||||
| Total | Out relief money and kind.(included in column 3). | ||||||
| 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. | 7. | |
| £ | £ | £ | No. | No. | s. | d. | |
| 1929–30 | 18,206,652 | 14,957,150 | 12,972,027 | 229,086 | 854,030 | 5 | 10 |
| 1930–31 | (a) | (a) | 11,384,000 (b) | 221,782 | 755,459 | — | |
| 1931–32 | (a) | (a) | 12,407,000(b) | 210,756 | 845,982 | — | |
| Month of April, 1932. | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 5¼ |
| (a) Particulars not yet available. | (b) Approximate. |