§ Mr. EVELYN CECILasked the President of the Local Government Board whether lunatics whose maintenance cost is paid by a relative and amounts to over 11s. a week are classed as pauper lunatics; and, if so, whether he will make any alteration in their classification?
§ Mr. BURNSIf a lunatic in an asylum is a pauper, as defined in Section 341 of the Lunacy Act., 1890, I am not aware that the repayment by relatives of the cost of his maintenance will itself authorise his classification as a private patient. The matter, however, is not one in which the Local Government Board have any jurisdiction.