§ Sir K. WOODasked the Minister of Health whether in connection with the provisional grants he has recently approved as calculated to be paid under the Local Government Act, 1929, in respect of the year ending 31st March, 1921, to the Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich there is any loss to the 619W borough; whether the amount of the gain for such borough resulting from the operations of Part I, V and VI of the Act, apart from the guarantee under Section 100; and whether, in connection with such grants so paid to such borough, due consideration has been given to the cost of vaccination, registration, quinquennial valuation, assessment committee, and maternity and child welfare work in the borough?
§ Mr. GREENWOODThe provisional calculations which have been made under Section 100 of the Local Government Act, 1929, disclose that the operation of Parts I, V and VI of the Act would, apart from Section 100, result in a gain in each of the three separately rated areas comprised in the Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich. The aggregate gain of those areas, apart from Section 100, is £8,300 approximately. In the provisional calculation of the amount of the Exchequer grant payable under the Act to the council of the Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich due account has been taken of functions transferred under the Act to the Council as from 1st April, 1930, and of changes made by the Act as respects maternity and child welfare work.