POOR LAW RELIEF.

HC Deb 02 July 1925 vol 185 cc2818-9W

Mr. T. THOMSON

asked the Minister of Health the total amount of Poor Law relief paid to unemployed persons from the Armistice to the present time?

Mr. CHAMBERLAIN

The amount of domiciliary Poor Law relief in money or kind given in England and Wales to persons ordinarily engaged in some regular occupation and their dependants during the period from the 31st March, 1920, to the 25th April, 1925, was approximately £31,253,000. The corresponding amount for the period from the date of the Armistice to March, 1920, has not been ascertained. The sum named includes all domiciliary Poor Law relief in money or kind given to the persons mentioned, whether granted on account of unemployment, or for some other reasons such as, for example, sickness.