§ Sir R. GOWERasked the Minister of Health what increase, if any, there has been in the number of casual paupers seeking relief at the Poor Law institutions in England and Wales since the day the present Government took office?
§ Mr. GREENWOODThe number of casuals in receipt of relief in England and Wales on the night of 17th October, the latest date for which figures are available, was 9,372 and on the night of 7th June, 1929, was 12,045, but during a year there are considerable variations in the number of casuals in receipt of relief, and I do not think that it is possible to draw any deductions from a particular selection of figures, especially figures that relate to different seasons of the year.