§ Mr. SCURRasked the Minister of Health the amounts borrowed by the guardians of the unions of Bedwellty, Sheffield, West Ham, Newcastle-on-Tyne and Barrow-in-Furness for payment of out-relief during the last five years; and how much has been repaid in each case?
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Mr. CHAMBERLAINExcluding the amounts of sums borrowed by way of purely temporary overdraft the figures are as follow:
Union Loans authorised Repayments £ £ Bedwellty … 419,000 81,000 Sheffield … 1,028,000 340,000 West Ham … 1,750,000 260,000 Newcastle-on-Tyne … Nil Nil Barrow-in-Furness … 175,000 Nil *On the 1st April, 1924, Ecclesall Bierlow Union was amalgamated with the Sheffield Union. A loan of £200, 000 was outstanding at Ecclesall Bierlow, £100, 000 of which had been repaid.