§ Mr. CAMPBELLasked the Minister of Health how many local authorities are providing work for the unemployed on the understanding that the guardians will contribute towards the cost of such employment the actual sums which in each case would have otherwise been paid by way of relief?
Mr. CHAMBERLARNThe information in my possession does not enable me to say how many schemes of this kind are actually in operation at any given moment, but during the year 1925, 30 boards of guardians have been authorised to make contributions on the lines mentioned in the question towards the cost2170W of unemployment schemes initiated by 41 local authorities.