§ Commander BELLAIRSasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he can give any estimate for 1922 of the cost of public assistance, including all Departments, so as to compare with the figure of £69,000,000 for 1910 in the Drage Return; and whether he will include with the figure the expenditure of this Labour Department, which has not hitherto been given in the Drage Return?
§ Major BOYD-CARPENTERI am at present considering whether in the next issue of this Return of expenditure on certain public social services it may be possible to give not only the actual expenditure for the year ending 31st March, 1921, but an estimate for the year just2080W completed. The expenditure on the Ministry of Labour under the Unemployment Insurance Acts has been included in previous Returns.