§ Mr. CHARLETONasked the Minister of Health whether he will furnish a Return showing the amount sanctioned by way of loan to local authorities in respect of unemployment relief for the financial year 1925–26, and for the period since the beginning of the present financial year?
§ Mr. NEVILLE CHAMBERLAINThe following return shows the amounts of loans and overdrafts sanctioned in respect of current expenditure at the dates mentioned. I cannot, however, indicate to what extent these borrowings are dependent upon the relief of unemployment:1932W
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Union. Total Amount of Overdraft and/or Loan Authorised. At 31st March, 1925. At 31st March, 1926. At 6th December, 1926. 1 2. 3. 4. £ £ £ Abergavenny Nil Nil 13,650 Ainwick Nil Nil 6,000 Ashby-de-la Zouch Nil Nil 28,000 Ashton-under-Lyne. 50,000 Nil 15,000 Auckland Nil 40,000 159,000 Barnsley Nil Nil 290,000 Barnstaple Nil Nil 500 Barrow-in-Furness 185,000 205,000 205,000 Barton-upon-Irwell. Nil Nil 7,000 Basford Nil Nil 130,000 Bedwellty 364,000 549,000 994,000 Bermondsey Nil 25,000 50,000 Bethnal Green Nil 52,000 37,000 Birmingham 910,000 910,000 854,000 Bootle Nil Nil 4,000 Bridgend and Cowbridge. 45,000 30,000 207,000 Burnley Nil Nil 20,000 Burton-upon-Trent. Nil Nil 10,000 Cannock 3,000 Nil 30,000 Caatle Ward Nil Nil 30,000 Cheadle Nil Nil 2,000 Chepatow 4,000 Nil Nil Chesterfield Nil Nil 115,500 Chester-le-Street Nil 120,000 230,000 Chorley Nil Nil 6,400 Clutton Nil Nil 12,000 Cockermouth 50,000 50,000 87,000 Congleton Nil Nil 4,000 Crickhowell 25,000 25,000 71,000 Dartford 130,000 130,000 93,000 Dewabury Nil Nil 25,000 Doncaster Nil Nil 150,000 Dover Nil 8,000 16,000 Durham Nil 25,000 135,000 East and West Flegg. Nil Nil 1,000 Easington Nil Nil 245,000 Edmonton 30,000 Nil 30,000 Faversham 9,500 Nil Nil Fofeshill 5,000 Nil 2,000 Gateshead 50,000 120,000 270,000 Gower Nil 3,000 4,000 Greenwich 65,000 65,000 105,000 Guisborough 10,000 Nil 14,000 Hartlepoof Nil 10,000 35,000 Hawarden Nil Nil 5,000 Hemsworth Nil Nil 180,000 Holywell Nil Nil 5,000 Houghton-le-Spring. 7,000 10,000 153,000 Lanchester Nil 199,000 270,000 Leigh Nil Nil 21,000 Lichfield Nil Nil 8,000 Lincoln 30,000 25,000 25,000 Llandilofawr Nil Nil 5,000 Llanelly Nil 25,000 75,000 Louth Nil Nil 2,000 Madeley Nil Nil 1,000 Mansfield Nil Nil 120,000 Merthyr Tydfil 40,000 98,000 445,000 Middlesbrough 220,000 210,000 140,000
Union. Total Amount of Overdraft and/or Loan Authorised. At 31st March, 1925. At 31st March, 1926. At 6th December, 1926. 1. 2. 3. 4. £ £ £ Monmouth Nil Nil 11,000 Morpeth Nil Nil 135,000 Neath 75,000 75,000 225,000 Newcastle-under-Lyme. Nil Nil 36,500 Newcastle-upon-Tyne. 100,000 60,000 225,000 Newport (Mon.) Nil Nil 160,000 Nottingham 75,000 Nil 100,000 Nuneaton Nil Nil 13,000 Oswestry Nil Nil 6,000 Penistone Nil Nil 9,500 Pontardawe 10,000 6,000 71,000 Pontefract Nil Nil 160,000 Pontypool Nil Nil 67,000 Pontypridd Nil 75,000 470,000 Poplar 548,500 605,500 645,500 Prescot 80,000 80,000 100,000 Redruth 95,000 30,000 25,000 Ross Nil Nil 2,000 Rotherham Nil Nil 170,000 Salford 25,000 25,000 35,000 Sedgefield Nil Nil 75,000 Settle Nil 2,000 Nil Sheffield 1,353,000* 1,663,000 1,878,000 South Shields 140,000 120,000 250,000 Southwark 20,000 Nil Nil Southwell Nil Nil 2,500 Stepney Nil 106,000 200,000 Stockton 30,000 20,000 Nil Stoke and Wofstanton. Nil Nil 135,000 Sunderland Nil 15,000 100,000 Swansea 25,000 25,000 85,000 Tadcaster Nil Nil 35,000 Thorne Nil Nil 17,000 Tynemouth Nil Nil 284,000 Walsall Nil Nil 30,000 Wakefield Nil Nil 95,000 Warrington Nil Nil 35,000 Wellington (Salop) 5,500 3,000 6,000 Westbury-on-Severn Nil Nil 15,149 West Derby 750,000 750,000 750,000 West Ham 2,050,000 2,650,000 2,900,000 Whitehaven Nil Nil 62,000 Wigan Nil 10,000 235,000 Woolwich 22,000 34,500 30,000 Worksop Nil Nil 90,000 Wortley Nil Nil 22,500 Wrexham Nil 7,750 65,000 TOTALS 7,566,500 3,296,750 16,261,699 * Includes £200,000 authorised in respect of the then existing Ecclesall Bierlow Union.