§ Mr. DINGLE FOOTasked the Secretary of State for Scotland the total number of persons now drawing Poor Law, relief in Dundee, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, and the whole of Scotland, and the figures for the corresponding dates in 1934, 1933, 1932, and 1931?
§ Sir G. COLLINSThe particulars requested are contained in the following statement.
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TOTAL NUMBER OF PERSONS IN RECEIPT OF POOR LAW RELIEF AT 15TH APRIL Authority. 1931. 1932. 1933. 1934. 1935. Poor. Dependants. Total. Poor. Dependants. Total. Poor. Dependants. Total. Poor. Dependants. Total. Poor. Dependants. Total. Aberdeen … 1,659 1,264 2,923 2,419 2,816 5,235 2,968 3,538 6,506 3,556 4,754 8,310 4,294 5,985 10,279 Dundee … 2,670 1,401 4,071 3,250 2,174 5,424 3,933 3,180 7,113 4,143 3,524 7,667 4,678 4,085 8,763 Edinburgh … 7,901 9,218 17,119 8,097 8,524 16,621 8,843 10,297 19,140 9,806 11,234 21,040 10,262 11,023 21,285 Glasgow … 34,397 38,202 72,599 42,879 48,935 91,814 55,367 66,387 121,755 82,961 (a) 122,006 204,967 72,639 95,258 167,897 64,316 (b) 79,022 143,338 70,779 88,445 159,224 Total for Scotland. 91,847 96,285 188,132 111,498 122,400 233,898 133,925 154,860 288,785 171,723 (a) 224,707 396,430 165,275 197,700 362,975 153,078 (b) 181,723 334,801 163,415 190,887 354,302 NOTE:(a) These figures for 1934 and 1935 include persons in Glasgow receiving a supplementary allowan from the public assistance authority in addition to transitional payment or unemployment benefit. (b) Shows the numbers exclusive of the cases referred to in (a).