43. Mr. Henderson Stewart askedthe Minister of Health what was the amount of general Exchequer grant per head of weighted population paid to local authorities in England and Wales in the last financial year?
§ Mr. ElliotThe amount per head of weighted population of that portion of the block grant which was distributed in 1937–38 on that basis was 5s. 4d. If the whole of the block grant had been distributed on the basis of weighted population, the amount per head of weighted population would have been 9s. 2d.