§ Mr. W. THORNEasked the Minister of Health the number of persons in receipt of relief in England and Wales at the beginning of January, 1914, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, and 1924?
Mr. GREENWOODThe number of persons in receipt of Poor Law relief in England and Wales on or about the 1st1020W January in each of the years referred to in the question is shown below:—
Date. Number of persons in receipt of Poor Law relief. 1st January, 1914 … 761,578 1st January, 1916 … 684,549 30th December, 1916 … 637,327 29th December, 1917 … 586,785 28th December, 1918 … 554,617 1st January, 1920 … 576,418 1st January, 1921 … 663,667 1st January, 1922 … 1,493,066 1st January, 1923 … 1,537,990 29th December, 1923 … 1,355,000* * Estimated.