Captain CROOKSHANKasked the Minister of Health the scales of relief granted by the various boards of guardians in Lincolnshire, indicating, if possible, the dates on which they were adopted?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINAs has been indicated in reply to previous questions, the application of scales of relief where they ale used is subject to so many qualifications depending on the practice of the particular board of guardians concerned that a simple return has to be used with great caution. According, however, to the information in the possession of the Department, the following scales are in use in Lincolnshire.
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SCALES OF RELIEF to able-bodied unemployed persons, in force in certain Unions in Lincolnshire Union. Man And wife. And one child. And two children. And three children. And four children. And five children. And six children. Single with parents. Single without parents. maximum. Additions to scale. Date of adoption s. s. s. s. s. s. s. s. s. s. Caistor 20 Children according to circumstances 9 15 — — Before July, 1923. Gainsborough 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Man,10s. — — — Before July, 1923. Grantham Urban 19 22 25 27 29 31 33 Men 35 Rent over 5s. up to 4s.(to nearest sixpence) as from 1st October, 1923. February, 1923. 9 10 Women 8 9 Grantham Rural 17 19 21 22 23 24 25 Men 25 — — 8 9 Women 7 8 Grimsby 18 21 24 27 30 33 35 — — 35 — Autumn, 1926. Lincoln 23 25 27 29 31 33 35 Man, 9s. Man, 15s. 35 — 29th March, 1927. Stamford 18 22 23 24 25 — — — — — — February,1924.
§ Mr. MACLEANasked the Minister of Health the number of people in receipt of Poor Law relief in England and Wales in 1925 and 1926?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINThe total number of persons in England and Wales in receipt of Poor Law relief, including lunatics in asylums, casuals and persons receiving domiciliary medical relief only, on the night of the 1st January in the years 1925 and 1926 was 1,205,267 and 1,439,810, respectively.