HC Deb 22 July 1935 vol 304 cc1472-5
27. Lieut.-Colonel CHARLES KERR

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he can state the estimated future charges which will be borne by the Exchequer and the local authorities of Scotland, respectively, on account of able-bodied unemployed persons coming

Authority. Estimated total annual future charge in respect of able-bodied persons coming within the scope of the Unemployment Assistance Act, 1934. Estimated total annual future charge in respect of all able-bodied unemployed persons.
Local Authority. National Exchequer. Local Authority. National Exchequer.
Cost. Percentage of total cost. Cost. Percentage of total cost. Cost. Percentage of total cost. Cost. Percentage of total cost.
County of: £ £ £ £
Aberdeen … * — 90,970 100.00 * — 92,223 100.00
Angus … … * — 44,815 100.00 978 2.09 45,761 97.91
Argyll … … 231 0.39 59,069 99.61 4,789 7.2661,141 92.74
Ayr … … 3,086 0.77 397,514 99.23 8,824 2.16 400,085 97.84
Banff … … * — 55,255 100.00 * — 55,559 100.00
Berwick … * — 6,269 100.00 34 0.50 6,748 99.50
Bute … … 42 0.34 12,158 99.66 562 4.39 12,246 95.61
Caithness … * — 34,960 100.00 * — 35,231 100.00
Clackmannan … 656 1.65 39,044 98.35 945 2.36 39,158 97.64
Dumbarton … 4,977 3.16 152,323 96.84 7,773 4.83 153,026 95.17
Dunfries … * — 36,625 100.00 * — 37,110 100.00
East Lothian … * — 26,335 100.00 431 1.59 26,752 98.41
Fife … … 3,003 1.17 254,597 98.83 6,503 2.47 256,378 97.53
Inverness … * — 48,618 100.00 * — 48,864100.00
Kincardine … * — 15,754 100.00 * — 15,957 100.00
Kirkcudbright … * — 8,933 100.00 * — 8,974 100.00
Lanark … … * — 749,070 100.00 8,642 1.13 754,105 98.87
Midlothian … 642 1.01 62,958 98.99 1,857 2.84 63,563 97.16
Moray and Nairn * — 40,536 100.00 * — 41,124 100.00
Orkney … … * — 2,091 100.00 153 5.71 2,525 94.29
Peebles … … 124 1.80 6,776 98.20 241 3.41 6,836 96.59
Perth and Kinross. * — 33,405 100.00 334 0.96 34,540 99.04
Renfrew … 3,595 2.71 129,305 97.29 6,235 4.57 130,083 95.43
Ross and Cromarty. * — 67,371 100.00 * — 68,544 100.00
Roxburgh … * — 20,664 100.00 125 0.59 21,073 99.41
Selkirk … … 224 1.33 16,676 98.67 457 2.65 16,796 97.35
Stirling … … 513 0.41 124,087 99.59 1,457 1.16 124,540 98.84
Sutherland … * — 6,652 100.00 6 0.09 6,685 99.91
West Lothian … * — 90,524 100.00 467 0.51 91,938 99.49
Wigtown … * — 12,834 100.00 * — 13,105 100.00
Zetland … … * — 3,836 100.00 * — 3,965 100.00
Burgh of:
Aberdeen … 9,865 4.51 218,535 95.49 18,468 7.72 220,628 92.28
Airdrie … … 456 0.44 103,444 99.56 1,787 1.69 103,908 98.31
Arbroath … * — 30,263 100.00 * — 30,271 100.00
Ayr … … 830 1.59 52,270 98.41 1,730 3.19 52,489 96.81
Clydebank … 9,501 6.01 157,999 93.99 12,373 7.22 158,927 92.78
Coatbridge … 1,215 0.71 172,285 99.29 2,281 0.90 172,778 99.10
Dumbarton … 2,492 2.85 87,408 97.15 3,485 3.82 87,752 96.18

within the scope of the Unemployment Act, and all able-bodied unemployed persons whether or not they come within the scope of the Act?

Sir G. COLLINS

I am circulating a statement giving the desired information in the OFFICIAL REPORT.

Following is the statement:

Authority. Estimated total annual future charge in respect of able-bodied persons coming within the scope of the Unemployment Assistance Act, 1934. Estimated total annual future charge in respect of all able-bodied unemployed persons.
Local Authority. National Exchequer. Local Authority. National Exchequer.
Cost. Percentage of total cost. Cost. Percentage of total cost. Cost. Percentage of total cost. Cost. Percentage of total cost.
Burgh of—contd. £ £ £ £
Dumfries … 781 2.51 31,119 97.49 1,121 3.47 31,221 96.53
Dundee … … 1,904 0.40 475,896 99.60 11,849 2.41 478,851 97.59
Dunfermline … 975 1.97 49,425 98.03 1,276 2.51 49,523 97.49
Edinburgh … 54,634 10.89 501,766 89.11 91,096 15.21 507,805 84.79
Falkirk … … 2,950 5.89 50,050 94.11 3,976 7.31 50,424 92.69
Glasgow … 189,668 5.28 3,589,332 94.72 350,826 8.84 3,618,174 91.16
Greenock … 103 0.03 356,597 99.97 4,795 1.33 358,305 98.67
Hamilton … 4,347 3.35 129,753 96.65 5,034 3.73 129,982 96.27
Inverness … 540 2.15 25,160 97.85 1,149 4.35 25,292 95.65
Kilmarnock … 466 0.62 75,534 99.38 736 0.96 75,616 99.04
Kirkcaldy … 2,397 3.15 76,103 96.85 3,724 4.64 76,558 95.36
Motherwell and Wishaw. 666 0.28 237,034 99.72 2,292 0.96 237,687 99.04
Paisley … … 7,581 4.30 176,419 95.70 11,199 5.94 177,263 94.06
Perth … … 170.04 38,683 99.96 1,963 4.77 39,231 95.23
Port Glasgow … 1,431 1.20 118,869 98.80 2,930 2.39 119,595 97.61
Rutherglen … 915 1.97 46,485 98.03 1,740 3.59 46,721 96.41
Stirling … … 1,661 5.23 31,739 94.77 3,100 8.83 32,023 91.17
* The "Block Grant" appropriate to the expenditure on which the estimates are based is greater than the future charge to be borne by the Local Authority.
NOTE.—The cost to the local authority has been estimated on the basis of expenditure incurred during the three months December, 1931, and January and February, 1935, in accordance with figures supplied by the local authorities. The contribution payable by the local authority in terms of Section 45 of the Unemployment Act, 1934, has been included in estimating the cost to the local authorities.
In making the calculations the proportion of "Block Grant" applicable to the expenditure on the able-bodied poor has in each case been deducted in order to arrive at the net charge falling on the Local Authority. The amount so deducted has been included as part of the charge falling on the Exchequer.