Colonel BURTON askedthe Minister of Health the totals paid out in Poor Law relief for each year from 1918 to 1925?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINParticulars of the expenditure of Poor Law authorities in England and Wales on relief of the poor are as follow:
Year ended Total Expenditure on Relief of the Poor and purposes connected therewith. Expenditure on out-relief in money and kind (included in the preceding column). £ £ 31st March, 1918 17,039,623 2,765,245 31st March, 1919 18,423,883 3,053,974 31st March, 1920 23,501,241 4,109,278 31st March, 1921 31,924,954 5,793,383 31st March, 1922 42,272,555 15,443,084 31st March, 1923 41,934,437 17,909,869 31st March, 1924 37,882,282 15,066,059 31st March, 1925 36,841,768 13,374,653