§ Colonel DAYasked the Minister of Health the number of persons in receipt of Poor Law relief on the 31st of December for the years 1923 and 1924, respectively?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINFigures for 31st December cannot be given. The total numbers of persons of all classes in receipt of Poor Law relief in England and Wales on the 1st January, 1924, and the 1st January, 1925, were 1,372,098 and 1,205,267, respectively.
§ Mr. CECIL WILSONasked the Minister of Health the maximum number of able-bodied men making claims in Sheffield upon the guardians during the two months immediately preceding the changes made by the Minister of Labour and the average number during the last two months?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINI am informed that the maximum number of able-bodied men making claims upon the Sheffield Guardians during the two months preceding the changes made by the Ministry of Labour was 4,550, and that the average number during the last two months was 3,975.