§ Captain R. GUINNESSasked the Secretary to the Local Government Board whether he will state the total cost of the Poor Law, including expenditure out of loan, for the financial year ending March, 1916; the number of able-bodied paupers, male and female, in good health, on 1st January, 1917, or latest date possible; and the number of pauper children in the workhouse, from three years of age and upwards on 1st January, 1917, or latest date possible?
§ Mr. HAYES FISHERComplete statistics as to the cost of Poor Law relief and the number of paupers during the period and on the dates referred to are not yet available, but I am sending my hon. Friend a copy of the Annual Report of the Local Government Board for the financial year 1915–16 and a supplementary statement containing the latest information which I am able to give him in regard to the expenditure on the relief of the poor.