HC Deb 02 May 1923 vol 163 cc1404-5W
Mr. AMMON

asked the Minister of Health whether he will give details of the loans sanctioned to boards of guardians for the purpose of meeting current expenses; and whether he will give in each case the name of the union, the amount of the loan, and the total local rate paid by the inhabitants of the unions concerned?

Mr. CHAMBERLAIN

Yes, Sir. The following statement contains the information desired by the hon. Member:

Name of Union. Amount of Loan. Date of Repayment. Total amount per £ of assessable value of all public rates levied in the year 1922–23 in the most populous urban area in the Poor Law union.
£ s. d.
St. Marylebone … … … 14,000 31.3.24 11 11
Merthyr Tydfil … … … 25,000 3.5.23 27 9
40,000 19.5.23
Middlesbrough … … … 50,000 30.9.23 20 0
40,000 31.3.27
100,000 21.10.26
193,000 31.5.23
Neath … … … 50,000 31.3.27 22 10
25,000 31.3.27
Newcastle … … … 120,000 30.9.23 15 6
Nottingham … … … 75,000 31.3.24 15 6
Pontardawe … … … 10,000 31.3.26 Not known.
Plymouth … … … 10,000 31.3.24 13 0
Pontypridd … … … 30,000 3.5.23 24 9
30,000 14.5.23
Poplar … … … 474,600 30.9.23 22 8
Prescot … … … 80,000 31.3.26 17 0
Redruth … … … 15,000 31.3.24 18 8
20,000 31.3.30
Rotherham … … … 70,000 31.3.25 19 6
Sheffield … … … 400,000 31.12.27 21 10
300,000 31.3.27
Stockport … … … 35,000 31.3.24 17 0
Swansea … … … 35,000 31.3.27 18 10
Ulverston … … … 12,000 30.9.24 14 0
Walsall … … … 50,000 31.3.24 20 0
Warrington … … … 30,000 30.9.23 18 0
West Bromwich … … … 40,000 31.3.24 18 6
50,000 31.3.27
West Ham … … … 300,000 31.3.27 24 10
200,000 31.3.28
Whitehaven … … … 15,000 17.11.23 14 10
15,000 31.3.24
Wigan … … … 80,000 31.3.24 17 0
Wellington(Salop) … … … 7,500 30.9.23 14 2