§ Mr. Pentlandasked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance the latest available figures of persons receiving National Assistance in the division of Chester-le-Street, as compared with the figures covering the relative period for 1956.
§ Mr. Boyd-CarpenterThe National Assistance Board informs me that the precise information asked for is not available, but that the number of National Assistance grants issued from its Chesterle-Street area office, which serves the Parliamentary division apart from the urban district of Washington, was 2,910 on 29th October, 1957, compared with 2,923 on 30th October, 1956.