§ Sir W. Jenkinsasked the Minister of Health what has been the increased expenditure to the Glamorgan Public Assistance Committee through unemployment for 1937 and the latest available date in 1938; and will he take steps to get additional powers to give financial aid to local authorities to meet the increased burden due to the incidence of unemployment and the enormous fall in child population who attend school?
§ Mr. ElliotThe average weekly expenditure by the Glamorgan County Council on out-relief to persons relieved on account of unemployment during May, 1938, was £305 compared with £454 during May, 1937. As regards the second part of the question, the Exchequer assistance to local authorities through the block grant was reviewed by Parliament last year and provision made for the present grant period, including increased provision for areas with special difficulties. The gain to the County of Glamorgan as a whole in the present grant period compared with the previous period is over £230,000 a year, equivalent to a local rate of about 1s. 11d.