§ Mr. T. GRIFFITHSasked the Minister of Health if he will give the names of 831W those boards of guardians to whom he has given sanction to meet by loans expense for out-relief and other matters which are ordinarily met out of the annual rates, with the amount of the loans sanctioned in each case and the present level of the total rates of the districts concerned?
§ Sir A. MONDYes, Sir. The following statement contains the information desired by the hon. Member.
STATEMENT of (1) Loans to meet current expenses of boards of guardians and not repayable out of revenue for current financial year; and (2) Total rates per £ of assessable value. Name of Union or Parish. Amount sanctioned. Total amount per £ of assessable value of all public rates levied in the year 1921–22 in the most populous urban area in the Poor Law Union. £ S. d. Auckland 55,000 18 6 Barrow-in-Furness 50,000 13 6 Bedwellty 140,000 27 6 Birmingham 210,000 18 0 Bradford (Yorks) 100,000 18 0 Bridgend and Cowbridge. 45,000 24 8 Bristol 100,000 16 5 Burnley 40,000 15 3 Chesterfield 40,000 19 0 Cockermouth 35,000 17 5 Coventry 40,000 21 8 Crickhowell 20,000 27 0 Derby 40,000 20 2 Durham 50,000 21 2 Ecclesall and Bierlow. 200,000 18 8 Gateshead 50,000 17 7 Llanelly 15,000 24 2 St. Marylebone 14,000 13 10 Merthyr Tydfil 65,000 30 5½ Middlesbrough 100,000 20 0 Neath 75,000 23 11 Pontardawe 10,000 22 4 Pontypridd 60,000 26 6 Poplar 95,000 18 3 Prescot 65,000 17 0 Rotherham 130,000 21 0 Sheffield 300,000 21 2 Stockport 35,000 18 0 Swansea 35,000 19 10 Walsall 50,000 20 0 West Bromwich 90,000 19 0 West Ham 300,000 26 1 Whitehaven 15,000 13 10 Wigan 80,000 17 6