§ Mr. CAUTLEYasked the President of the Local Government Board what has been the net cost to the taxpayers of the Hollesley Bay scheme for the year 1912; how many men were at work at the colony during that year, and what was the cost per man per week; how many of these men were got fit and passed into regular employment; and what has been the total cost to the taxpayers of the scheme from its commencement up to the end of 1912 after giving credit for any produce sold?
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§ Mr. BURNSIt appears from figures furnished to me by the Central (Unemployed) Body for London that the net cost of maintenance of the Hollesley Bay Farm Colony defrayed from the Parliamentary Grant for the financial year 1912–13 was £16,864. During that year 1,403 men were employed at the colony, and the net cost of maintenance for this period would on these figures be £1 Os. 11d. per man per week. I understand that the Central Body have no trustworthy figures as to the number of these men who were got fit and passed into regular employment. The total cost of the scheme, so far as it has been borne by the Parliamentary Grant, up to the end of the last financial year, after giving credit for produce sold, was £124,343.