§ Sir B. PETOasked the Minister of Health the total cost to the country for the last completed year of the institutional treatment of mental defectives?
§ Mr. SHAKESPEAREThe total cost falling upon public funds in respect of the mental deficiency service may be taken as having been approximately £1,875,000 in the year 1931–32, but exact information as to the amount included in this figure in respect of institutional treatment is not available.