§ Mr. KEENSasked the Minister of Health the amount of surcharges remitted to various members of the Poplar Board of Guardians, distinguishing between those surcharges incurred prior to the special Poplar Order of June, 1922, and those subsequently made, and state the date of the last period for which the accounts of the guardians have been audited?
§ Mr. WHEATLEYDuring the last 12 years the total amount of the surcharges by district auditors upon members of the Poplar Board of Guardians which have come to my Department for decision is £1,922.
£ Remission was granted in respect of 42 The Auditor's decision was discharged in respect of 1,779 Remission was refused in respect of 10 Decision has not yet been given in respect of 91 All these surcharges were made in respect of periods prior to the issue of the Order mentioned. No surcharge has been reported to me in respect of any later period. The latest completed audit was in respect of the half-year ended 31st March, 1922, but the audits for the following three half-years are still open.
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