§ Major ASTORasked the Secretary for Scotland what the total estimated expenditure will be for the current year and for the next year, respectively, on the forty-three schemes for providing treatment for mothers and young children under the Notification of Births (Extension) Act, 1915, which have been sanctioned, and for the fourteen schemes which are in operation but have not yet been sanctioned?
§ Mr. MUNROThe total expenditure estimated to be incurred during the local financial year ending May, 1918, and which will be claimable against the Grant1336W in Aid of Maternity Service and Child Welfare is, in respect of the fifty-three local authorities for which schemes have been sanctioned, £15,000; and in respect of the fourteen schemes in operation but not yet sanctioned, £17,000. No estimate of the expenditure to be incurred during the year 1918–19 is available.
§ Major ASTORasked the Secretary for Scotland whether the Local Government Board for Scotland provides capital and maintenance grants, respectively, towards schemes for providing treatment under the Notification of British (Extension) Act, 1915?
§ Mr. MUNROThe Board provide only one grant, against which approved capital and maintenance expenditure is claimable.
§ Major ASTORasked the Secretary for Scotland how many authorities have provided midwifery treatment under the Notification of Births (Extension) Act, 1915?
§ Mr. MUNROTwenty-nine local authorities have provided such treatment under schemes sanctioned by the Local Government Board for Scotland.