HC Deb 06 April 1939 vol 345 cc3000-2W

Old age pensioners in receipt of Poor Relief.

The number of old age pensioners in receipt of Poor Relief in Scotland during the week ending nth March, 1939, was 42,387. Of this number 1,907 were in receipt of relief in institutions and 40,480 were in receipt of outdoor relief.

The following statement shows for each county and large burgh in Scotland (i) the number of old age pensioners in receipt of outdoor poor relief during the week ending nth March, 1939, (ii) the number of dependants of those persons, (iii) the total cost of outdoor relief in money and kind granted to those old age pensioners and their dependants during that week and (iv) certain other particulars.

— Week ending 11th March, 1939 Estimated annual cost of outdoor relief in money or in kind to old age pensioners and their dependants falling to be met out of rates and the Block Grants.
Number of old age pensioners to whom outdoor relief in money and kind was granted during the week Number of dependants of persons in Col. 1 other than those who are them-selves in receipt of old age pensions Total cost of outdoor relief in money or in kind granted to persons accounted for in Cols. 2 & 3 Amount Equivalent rate in the pound
1 2 3 4 5 6
COUNTIES —contd. £ £ s. d.
Inverness 245 106 70 3,650 3.7
Kincardine 37 29 12 626 1.8
Kirkcudbright 107 25 29 1,512 3.1
Lanark 3,053 660 1,234 64,344 8.6
Midlothian 606 93 145 7,561 5.7
Moray & Nairn 210 71 71 3,702 8.0
Orkney 53 4 12 626 7.3
Peebles 36 4 11 574 1.6
Perth & Kinross 271 39 65 3,389 1.6
Renfrew 648 74 195 10,168 3.4
Ross & Cromarty 182 59 42 2,190 4.1
Roxburgh 127 15 39 2,034 4.7
Selkirk 87 9 25 1,304 1 2.4
Stirling 806 126 221 11,524 5.2
Sutherland 67 10 18 939 3.4
West Lothian 738 97 190 9,907 9.6
Wigtown 130 19 39 2,034 7.5
Zetland 30 5 11 574 9.8
12,872 2,549 4,094 213,473 6.1
BURGHS.
Aberdeen 755 161 259 13,505 2.0
Airdrie 357 79 146 7,613 11.6
Arbroath 109 3 14 73 1.5
Ayr 173 30 44 2,294 1.3
Clydebank 465 76 207 10,794 7.5
Coatbridge 715 148 277 14,444 1 0.9
Dumbarton 183 43 56 2,920 5.0
Dumfries 177 41 62 3,233 3.7
Dundee 2,071 173 496 25,863 4.0
Dunfernline 251 33 68 3,546 2.9
Edinburgh 2,603 359 992 51,726 2.0
Falkirk 407 58 169 8,812 7.7
Glasgow I4,93I 1,831 6,969 363,384 7.8
Greenock 724 121 274 14,287 5.9
Hamilton 563 100 208 10,846 11.0
Inverness 189 30 53 2,764 3.1
Kilmarnock 239 20 60 3,129 2.4
Kirkealdy 535 98 158 8,239 6.1
Motherwell & Wishaw 660 172 234 12,201 6.9
Paisley 614 76 179 9,334 3.4
Perth 153 26 39 2,034 1.4
Port Glasgow 250 34 91 4,745 10.3
Rutherglen 234 33 87 4,536 5.7
Stirling 250 23 62 3,233 3.6
Burgh Totals 27,608 3,768 11,204 584,212 5.3
County Totals 12,872 2,549 4,094 213,473 6.1
Grand Total 40,480 6,317 15,298 797,685 5.5

*For the purposes of the estimates in Cols. 5 and 6 it has been assumed that the weekly cost of outdoor relief to old age pensioners and their dependants, as shown by the figures relating to the week ending 11th March, 1939, represents a true average of the weekly cost throughout a period of twelve months. In point of fact, the outdoor relief granted during that week to the household of an old age pensioner often included an extra winter allowance. It is estimated that the actual annual cost of outdoor relief to old age pensioners and their dependants in Scotland is in the region of £ 770,000.