§ 86. Mr. Daggarasked the Minister of Health the total expenditure and the amount of rates in the pound levied for public assistance for each year, 1930 to 1936, in the counties of Glamorgan, Monmouth, Durham, Surrey and Middlesex; and the average cost for public assistance for England and Wales?
§ Sir K. WoodAs the answer contains a number of figures in tabular form I will, with the hon. Member's permission, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Following is the answer:
§ The following statement gives the desired information so far as it is available. The figures show the revenue expenditure on poor relief falling to be met out of rates and the block grants under the Local Government Act, 1929, and the equivalent of that expenditure expressed as a rate in the pound. Since 1st April, 1930, it has not been possible to state to what extent the cost of any particular service has fallen on rates, inasmuch as the block grants are applicable to local government expenses generally and cannot be apportioned to individual services.