§ Sir R. ASKEasked the Minister of Health the amount of the general Exchequer grants paid to the local authority of Newcastle-upon-Tyne in respect of the year 1932–33, and the amount payable in respect of the next annual period; and the rate in the pound to which such amounts are equivalent?
Sir H. YOUNGThe amounts, as provisionally calculated, of the Exchequer grants under the Local Government Act, 1929, payable to the council of the county borough of Newcastle-upon-Tyne in re-
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Unemployed Persons on the Registers of the Wolverhampton and Willenhall Employment Exchanges. Date. Men. Boys. Women. Girls. Total. WOLVERHAMPTON. 23rd February, 1931 … … … 9,914 386 2,862 385 13,547 22nd February, 1932 … … … 11,586 433 1,991 229 14,239 20th February, 1933 … … … 12,139 420 1,983 514 15,056 WILLENHALL. 23rd February, 1931 … … … 1,873 79 913 105 2,970 22nd February, 1932 … … … 2,327 91 521 99 3,038 20th February, 1933 … … … 2,540 94 480 68 3,182 spect of the years 1932–33 and 1933–34 respectively are £288,306 and £288,934, equavalent in each case to a rate in the pound of approximately 2s. 8d.