§ 24. Mr. E. WILLIAMSasked the Minister of Health if he will supply a statement of the names of the county councils and the county borough councils who have made declaration, under Section 5 of the Local Government Act, 1929, regarding domiciliary relief to blind per-sons and the gross expenditure from local authorities funds by way of addition to income of unemployable blind persons in areas which have made and areas which have not made such declaration, respectively?
Sir H. YOUNGI will send the hon. Member a statement giving the names of these councils. I regret that the information asked for in the last part of the question is not available.
§ 25. Mr. WILLIAMSasked the Minister of Health to what branch of local expenditure such additions to blind pensions as are found necessary are debited in those areas which have not made declarations under Section 5 of the Local Government Act, 1929?
Sir H. YOUNGWhere this form of assistance is given under the Blind Persons Act, as in the cases mentioned in the last part of the answer given to the hon. Member's question of the 9th June, the expenditure is debited to the account out of which the expenses incurred under that Act are payable. In other cases the expenditure is debited to the public assistance account.