§ Major ADAMasked the President of the Local Government Board whether he will consider the advisability of rising by a small amount the rate of the contribution to the Equalisation Fund made by each metropolitan borough, thereby giving immediate relief to the more heavily rated boroughs?
§ Mr. BURNSTo carry out the hon. Member's suggestion would require legislation, and, as he was informed in reply
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UNEMPLOYED WORKMEN ACT, 1905.—Expenditure out of grants voted by Parliament. Year ended 31st March. Grant voted by Parliament. Expenditure. Grants paid to the Central (Unemployed) Body for LONDON and to Distress Committees elsewhere in ENGLAND AND WALES, including appropriations from any balances in hand from the grant of the previous year. England and Wales. Scotland Ireland. Total. For Belief Works. For Emigration. For Farm Colonies. For Women's Workrooms. Totals. £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ 1907 200,000 105,420 7,552 11,050 124,022 70,091 §9,500 23,329 2,500 105,420 1908 200,000 *123,741 19,448 4,500 147,689 88,597 13,598 19,500 2,500 124,195 1909 300,000 †220,485 47,253 13,750 281,488 194,188 7,050 28,000 3,500 232,738 1910 200,000 ‡142,085 42,726 9,160 193,971 111,343 9,637 26,708 3,550 151,238 * Sanction was also given to the appropriation of £454 from balances in hand from the grant of the previous year. † Sanction was also given to the appropriation of £12,253 form balances in hand form the grant of the previous year. ‡ Sanction was also given to the appropriation of£9,153 form balances in hand form the grant of the previous year. § Of this sum £1,000 was afterwards appropriated to relief works (West Ham). Refunds of £253, £219, and £1,806, in respect of works not proceeded with were made, respectively, for the years ended 31st March, 1908, 1909, and 1910. to a previous question, I cannot undertake to promise legislation on the subject during the present Session.