§ Miss LAWRENCEasked the Minister of Health whether he will give a list of 1620W boards of guardians who have been authorised by him to borrow money for the purpose of defraying current expenses, with the amounts authorised and the amounts actually borrowed?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINThe following statement gives the particulars desired by the hon. Member:
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Boards of guardians which held on the 30th September last authority issued by the Minister to borrow for current expenses, the amount authorised and the amount of loan and/or overdraft then outstanding. Total amount of loan or overdraft authorized at 30 Sep., 1927 Outstanding balance of loan and/or overdraft at 30 Sept., 1927. £ £ Abergavenny 7,000 4,259 Ashby-de-la-Zouch 19,000 11,183 Ashton - under -Lyme 20,000 11,183 Auckland 107,000 64,485 Basford 130,000 Nil Barnsley 290,000 232,283 Barrow - in - Furness 230,000 222,459 Bedwellty 1,099,000 1,071,425 Bermondsey 12,500 Nil Bethnal Green 37,000 18,500 Birmingham 854,000 316,586 Bridgend and Cowbridge 217,000 209,667 Cannock 14,500 1,034 Castle Ward 16,000 3,850 Chesterfield 50,000 12,180 Chester -le-Street 203,000 170,037 Cockermouth 82,000 23,000 Crickhowell 89,000 82,139 Dartford 74,400 55,000 Dewsbury 25,000 Nil Doncaster 45,000 41,833 Durham 112,000 96,000 Easington 280,620 263,496 Gateshead 235,000 205,000 Greenwich 35,000 Nil Guisborough 10,000 Nil Hartlepool 45,000 24,347 Hemsworth 185,000 148,667 Houghton - le - Spring 149,000 149,000 Lanchester 230,000 189,383 Leigh 10,500 1,734 Lincoln 25,000 22,173 Llanelly 45,000 42,636 Mansfield 60,000 22,041 Merthyr Tydfil 505,000 499,557 Middlesbrough 100,000 76,477 Monmouth 6,000 Nil Morpeth 131,250 75,000 Neath 110,000 67,500 Newcastle-under-Lyme 20,620 16,030 Newcastle - upon -Tyne 225,000 206,012 Newport (Mon.) 115,000 80,000 Nottingham 100,000 Nil Penistone 6,000 Nil Pontardawe 31,000 23,355
Total amount of loan or overdraft authorised at 30 Sept., 1927. Outstanding balance of loan and/or overdraft at 30 Sept., 1927. £ £ Pontefract 180,000 125,000 Pontypool 36,000 25,276 Pontypridd 560,000 506,147 Poplar 619,500 430,500 Prescot 120,000 96,000 Redruth 24,000 15000 Rotherham 150,000 125,000 Sedgefield 75,000 65,000 Sheffield 1,593,000 1,049,475 South Shields 225,000 180,506 Stoke and WolStanton 70,000 28,000 Sunderland 124,300 118,001 Swansea 25,000 5,249 Tadcaster 34,000 27,084 Thorne 25,500 14,673 Tynemouth 134,000 Nil Wakefield 110,000 82,500 Warrington 20,000 339 West Derby 800,000 687,982 West Ham 2,275,000 2,192,375 Whitehaven 50,000 37,835 Wigan 220,000 193,754 Woolwich 30,000 Nil Worksop 62,000 39,908 Wrexham 60,000 31,778 £14,015,690 £10,838,377