Mr. JENKINSasked the Minister of Health, whether he can state the amount of rates in the pound levied for public assistance in the counties of Glamorgan, Monmouth, Durham, Surrey and Middlesex; and the average cost for public assistance for England and Wales?
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§ Mr. R. S. HUDSONFollowing is the answer:
Since 1st April, 1930, it has not been possible to state what is the equivalent rate in the pound of the cost of any particular service included in the total rate levied, inasmuch as in arriving at the latter figure account has to be taken of the Block Grant under the Local Government Act, 1929, which is applicable to local government services generally and which cannot be allocated between individual services. The estimated requirements for public assistance, expressed as a rate in the pound, before making any allowance for the Block Grant are given in column 2 of the following statement. For the sake of completeness the total amount of the Block Grant paid to the various authorities in the administrative county (i.e., the county apportionment) is shown as a rate in the pound in column 3.
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Area. Equivalent rate in the £ required for Public Assistance before making, allowance for the Block Grant (1936–37). Block Grant County Apportionment expressed as a rate in the £) (1936–37). 1. 2. 3. Administrative Counties— s. d. s. d. Durham 9 3¾ 10 6¾ Glamorgan 8 5½ 10 10½ Monmouth 8 4¾ 10 2¼ Surrey 1 4¼ 0 11¾ Middlesex 1 4¾ 1 2½ In 1934–35, the latest year for which full particulars are available, the expenditure on poor relief, not met out of specific income, was in England and Wales equivalent to an average rate in the £ of 2s. 11d. without making any allowance for the block grant.