HC Deb 17 March 1925 vol 181 cc2102-3W
Mr. SMEDLEY CROOKE

asked the Minister of Health the total amount spent each year from 1913 to 1924 inclusive, for indoor relief and outdoor relief, respectively?

Mr. NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN

The 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?

Mr. CHAMBERLAIN

The 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.