§ Mr. BRIDGEMANasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many districts there are where the sum saved to the agricultural ratepayer through the Old Age Pensions Act amounts to 6d. in the £; and if he will give the names of those districts and state, respectively, what rates have been levied before and after the passing of the Act by the boards of guardians?
§ Mr. MASTERMANThe following is a list of the names of seven unions in England and Wales in which there has been a decrease in the rates equivalent to 6d. in the £, or more, in 1911–12 as compared with 1909–10:—
The three last-named unions are entirely rural, while the other four are predominantly rural in character. [See Oral Answers this date.]
— 1909–10. 1911–2. Decrease. s. d. s. d. s. d. Cosford … 1 9½ 1 3½ 0 6 Stow … 1 11 1 1½ 0 9½ Hartismere … 2 3 1 2 1 1 Smallburgh … 1 10¼ 1 1¾ 0 8½ Forehoe … 1 10½ 1 3¼ 0 7¼ Wayland … 1 5 0 6¾ 0 10¼ Freebridge Lynn. … 1 4¾ 0 9 0 7¾