27. Mr. Graham Whiteasked the Minister of Health the items of costs and services, including the element of profit, on which the billeting allowance of 10s. 6d. for children under five years old is made up.
§ Mr. WillinkChildren under five are not normally evacuated unaccompanied except to friends or relatives under private arrangement, or to residential nurseries. They are not billeted compulsorily upon householders. The billeting allowance is intended to cover the cost of maintenance exclusive of clothing and medical attention. In view of the varying standards that prevail in different homes it is not practicable to itemise the costs in detail.
§ Sir Irving AlberyIs the Minister aware that this allowance to private individuals for billeting children is very much less than the cost to the Government of children in nursery schools?
§ Mr. WillinkYes, Sir, that is so.