§ Mr. GROVESasked the Minister of Health the amounts spent on Poor Law relief for each of the years since 1917?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINThe total expenditure of Poor Law authorities in England and Wales on the relief of the poor and purposes connected therewith 1447W in each financial year since 1916–17 was as follows:
The figure for the year ended March, 1925, has not yet been ascertained.
Year ended March: £ 1918 … … … 17,039,623 1919 … … … 18,423,883 1920 … … … 23,501,241 1921 … … … 31,924,954 1922 … … … 42,272,555 1923 … … … 41,934,437 1924 … … … 37,882,282