§ Mr. GROVESasked the Minister of Health the total number of persons in receipt of outdoor relief and of indoor relief on 1st October, 1932, and on 1st October, 1931?
Sir H. YOUNGThe numbers of persons (men, women and children) in receipt of outdoor relief and of indoor relief in England and Wales (excluding rate-aided patients in mental hospitals, persons in receipt of domiciliary medical relief only and casual) on Saturday, 1st October, 1932, were 1,033,084 and 190,019 respectively. The corresponding figures for Saturday, 3rd October, 1931, were 784,022 and 193,303.