HC Deb 17 July 1929 vol 230 c470W
Commander BELLAIRS

asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the isums spent on social assistance in rates, or Scotch equivalents, and taxes in 1913–14 for the whole of Great Britain and the corresponding figures for the latest year available?

Mr. PETHICK-LAWRENCE

The House of Commons Return (No. 16 of 1928) shows the amount provided from the Exchequer, local rates and other sources on all the important public social services for the latest year for which figures are available and also for certain years before the War.