HC Deb 02 December 1926 vol 200 cc1388-91W
Mr. HARMSWORTH

asked the Minister of Health whether he will give a list of boards of guardians, covering coalfield areas, which have become insolvent owing to paying relief to miners' families, and figures showing the debts they have thereby incurred?

Mr. CHAMBERLAIN

I will circulate in the OFFICIAL REPORT a statement in

STATEMENT showing the debt outstanding in 78 Unions which include over 80 per cent. of the mining population in England and Wales on 31st March, 1926, and 30th September, 1926, and amounts which the Guardians have been authorized to borrow since the 30th September, 1926.
Unions. Outstanding balance of loans in respect of current expenditure and actual overdraft. Total amount of loan and overdraft sanctioned in respect of current expenses since 30th September, 1926.
On 31st March, 1926. On 30th September, 1926.
1. 2. 3. 4
£ £ £
Abergavenny … … Nil 4,635 5,050
Alnwick … … Nil 2,751 Nil
Ashby-de-la-Zouch … … Nil 5,225 Nil
Ashton under-Lyne … … Nil 5,972 Nil
Atherstone … … Nil Nil Nil
Auckland … … Nil 55,457 50,000
Barnsley … … Nil 161,036 100,000
Barton-on-Irwell … … Nil 5,237 Nil
Basford … … Nil 53,540 Nil
Bedwellty … … 501,176 779,905 175,000
Belper … … Nil Nil Nil
Bofton … … Nil Nil Nil
Bridgend and Cowbridge … … 22,000 103,362 60,000
Burnley … … Nil Nil Nil
Cannock … … Nil 24,260 Nil
Cardiff … … Nil Nil Nil
Carmarthen … … Nil Nil Nil
Castle Ward … … Nil 12,433 5,000
Cheadle … … Nil Nil Nil
Chesterfield … … Nil 36,022 40,000
Chester-le-Street … … 2,078 140,660 45,000
Clutton … … Nil Nil 12,000
Cockermouth … … 20,000 36,378 17,000
Crickhowell … … 19,966 53,814 10,000
Dewsbury … … Nil Nil Ml
Doncaster … … Nil 14,669 70,000
Dudley … … Nil Nil Nil
Durham … … Nil 69,858 35,000
Easington … … Nil 168,703 130,000
Fofeshill … … Nil 2,299 Nil
Gateshead … … 25,129 146,250 35,000
Gower … … 373 2,208 Nil
Hawarden … … Nil Nil Nil
Hemsworth … … Nil 124,761 20,000
Hexham … … Nil Nil 10,000
Holywell … … Nil 2,556 Nil
Houghton-le-Spring … … Nil 80,993 65,000
Lanchester … … 89,141 152,711 50,000
Leek … … Nil Nil Nil
Leigh … … Nil Nil 6,000

respect of the 78 unions in England and Wales which include over so per cent. of the mining population, showing for each the outstanding balance of loans in respect of current expenditure and actual overdraft on 31st March and 30th September, 1926, and the total amount of loan and overdraft sanctioned in respect of current expenses since the 30th September last.

Following is the statement promised:

Unions. Outstanding balance of loans in respect of current expenditure and actual overdraft. Total amount of loan and overdraft sanctioned in respect of current expenses since 30th September, 1926.
On 31st March, 1926. On 30th September, 1926.
1. 2. 3. 4.
£ £ £
Lichfield … … Nil Nil Nil
Llandilofawr … … Nil Nil 5,000
Llanelly … … 15,545 48,731 20,000
Mansfield … … Nil 83,978 Nil
Market Bosworth … … Nil Nil Nil
Merthyr Tyd[...]l … … 36,876 254,905 140,000
Monmouth … … Nil Nil 3,000
Morpeth … … Nil 39,287 40,000
Neath … … 15,000 86,492 100,000
Newcastle-upon-Tyne … … 78,085 163,479 25,000
Newport (Mon.) … … Nil 77,709 60,000
Nottingham … … Nil 44,544 Nil
Nuneaton … … Nil 3,207 5,000
Penistone … … Nil 6,010 Nil
Pontardawe … … 907 19,480 17,000
Pontefract … … Nil 84,845 80,000
Pontypool … … Nil 8,555 45,000
Pontypridd … … 30,703 300,000 170,000
Prescot … … Nil 58,725 35,000
Roth rham … … Nil 26,392 100,000
Sedgefield … … Nil 58,710 100,000
South Shields … … 83,913 137,084 100,000
Stoke and Wofstanton … … Nil 70,000 35,000
Sunderland … … 602 59,708 25,000
Swansea … … 5,000 30,195 40,000
Tadcaster … … Nil 14,205 10,000
Tamworth … … Nil Nil Nil
Teesdale … … Nil Nil Nil
Tynemouth … … Nil 136,462 80,000
Wakefield … … Nil 54,759 15,000
Walsall … … Nil 10,000 Nil
Warr[...]ngton … … Nil 12,442 15,010
Westbury-on-Severn … … Nil Nil 12,649
Whitehaven … … Nil 28,887 20,000
Wigan … … Nil 153,963 75,000
Worksop … … Nil 38,996 20,000
Wortley … … Nil 6,023 5,000
Wrexham … … Nil 11,608 10,000