§ Sir A. SINCLAIRasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the amount of money the expenditure of which upon the maintenance and improvement of piers and harbours in Caithness and Sutherland has been authorised by the Development Commissioners and the Public Works Loan Board, respectively, during each of the years from 1925 to the present day?
§ Mr. PETHICK-LAWRENCEThe information desired by the hon. and gallant Member is as follows:
- 1925—£3,250 loan.
- 1926—£4,000 loan.
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Calendar year. Number of persons in receipt of poor relief (excluding rate-aided patients in mental hospitals, casuals and persons in receipt of domiciliary medical relief only). Lowest number of persons during the year shown in column 1 who were in receipt of Highest number of persons during the year shown in column 1 who were in receipt of Institutional Relief. Domiciliary Relief. Institutional Relief. Domiciliary Relief. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 1921 … … … 200,858 363,616 217,485 1,308,494 1922 … … … 208,662 1,185,984 221,441 1,627,777 1923 … … … 210,391 1,019,507 222,110 1,221,648 1924 … … … 208,395 826,170 225,275 1,113,733 1925 … … … 211,046 875,149 223,744 1,101,820 1926 … … … 215,764 1,001,696 227,793 2,273,985 1927 … … … 214,024 925,491 232,117 1,200,528 1928 … … … 215,179 842,003 229,133 1,027,459 1929 … … … 211,277 808,159 234,077 968,701 1930 … … … 205,492 697,042 226,382 883,233
- 1927—£5,070 loan.
- 1930—£22,463 loan; £16,082 grant.
These sums were authorised by the Treasury on the recommendation of the Development Commissioners. No applications for loans were received during the years in question by the Public Works Loan Board from harbour authorities in Caithness or Sutherland. Apart from the above figures, substantial relief was afforded to certain harbours in Caithness and Sutherland in 1929 and 1930 by way of remission of debt, partly by the Public Works Loan Board and partly by the Development Commissioners.