§ Mr. CASSELasked the President of the Local Government Board how the estimates of expenditure of local authorities on poor relief, main roads, education, and public health in the Budget Statement were arrived at?
§ Mr. HERBERT SAMUELIn so far as estimates of expenditure were needed for the purpose of estimating the probable amounts of Grants, the figures of past years were utilised, with a margin to allow for normal expansion.