Mr. PIKE PEASEasked the President, of the Local Government Board whether he can state the total cost of all classes 1071W of paupers, including the cost out of loans, for the years 1907 and 1908; and the ratio per 1,000 population of all classes of paupers for the years 1907 and 1908?
§ Mr. BURNSThe total expenditure on all classes of paupers, including expenditure out of loan, was in the year ended Ladyday, 1907, £14,742,030, and in that ended Ladyday, 1908, £14,848,703. The ratios per 1,000 of population of the mean number of paupers of all classes relieved on 1st July and 1st January in the same years were 25.9 and 25.7 respectively.