§ Mr. SMEDLEY CROOKEasked the Minister of Health the total amount spent each year from 1913 to 1924 inclusive, for indoor relief and outdoor relief, respectively?
§ Mr. NEVILLE CHAMBERLAINThe following table shows the amounts expended by Poor Law authorities in England and Wales on the relief of the poor and purposes connected therewith for each of the years 1912-13 to 1923-24, inclusive, and distinguishes, as far as practicable, the amounts expended on indoor relief from those expended on outdoor relief:
Poor Law expenses in each of the years 1913 to 1924; and the estimated amount for 1925?
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Mr. CHAMBERLAINThe following table shows the amounts expended by Poor Law authorities in England and Wales on the relief of the poor and purposes connected therewith for each of the years 1912–13 to 1922–23, inclusive,
Year ending March. Total Expenditure on Relief of the Poor and purposes connected therewith. Amount of Expenditure shown in Col. 2 estimated to be payable out of:— Rates. Grants under the Agricultural Rates Acts, 1896 and 1923, and other grants received directly from Government Departments. Grants chargeable on the Exchequer Contribution Accounts of Councils of Counties and County Boroughs under the provisions of the Local Government Act, 1888, as amended. Other receipts (receipts from relatives, rents, etc.). 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. £ £ £ £ £ 1913 … … 14,935,605 11,590,719 465,885 2,018,725 860,276 1914 … … 15,055,863 11,720,544 467,981 1,979,267 888,071 1915 … … 15,804,073 12,324,248 474,637 2,095,315 909,873 1916 … … 16,085,586 12,675,775 473,576 1,953,518 982,717 1917 … … 16,187,748 12,569,461 476,267 2,107,681 1,034,339 1918 … … 17,039,623 13,403,873 485,751 2,039,392 1,110,607 1919 … … 18,423,883 14,712,277 486,283 2,033,016 1,192,307 1920 … … 23,501,241 19,478,892 491,463 2,093,942 1,436,944 1921 … … 31,924,954 27,169,556 524,919 2,041,826 2,188,653 1922 … … 42,272,555 37,396,072 (a) 606,471 2,037,328 2,232,684 1923 … … 41,934,437 37,237,210 (a) 536,867 2,100,315 2,060,045 1924 … … 38,000,000 (b) 32.630,000 (a) (b) 1,086,000 (b) 2,109,000 (b) 2,175,000 (b) 1925 … … 36,500,000 (b) 31,130,000 (a) (b) 1,086,000 (b) 2,109,000 (b) 2,175,000 (b) (a) The sums entered in Column 3 for the years 1921–22 to 1924–25 as payable out of rates include amounts which may not have been met out of rates raised within those years, but may have been met temporarily out of loans and overdrafts obtained under the Local Authorities (Financial Provisions) Act, 1921, pending the raising of rates. (b) All the sums entered above for the years 1923–24 and 1924–25 are estimates.