HC Deb 21 February 1924 vol 169 cc2022-3W
Mr. BLACK

asked the Minister of Health how much grant was allowed, respectively, to Birmingham, Nottingham, Derby, Northampton, Sheffield, Stafford, and Leicester for the welfare of the blind for the last completed year?

Mr. WHEATLEY

During the year ended the 31st March, 1923, the following grants were paid by the Ministry to institutions for the welfare of the blind:

£
Birmingham Institution 6,297
Nottingham Institution 2,140
Northampton Institution 400
Sheffield Institution 1,534
Leicester Institution 1,219

Grants in respect of blind persons in Derby and Stafford, where no separate grant-earning agencies exist are included in the grants made to the Nottingham and Birmingham Institutions, respectively.

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