§ Mr. Cocksasked the Secretary for Mines (1) whether he will give the number of accidents to boys under 16 years of age and youths under 18 years of age in the Nottinghamshire coal mines for each of the years 1929 to 1938;
(2) whether he will give the number of boys under 16 years of age and of youths under r8 years of age employed in the Nottinghamshire coal mines for each of the years 1929 to 1938?
§ Mr. LloydThe following is the information:
provisions of the Local Government Act, 1929, was at that time £22,292,203. The relief in Scotland afforded by the corresponding provisions in the Local Government (Scotland) Act, 1929, was £3,341,403.
The total Exchequer grants to local authorities made under those Acts take account of the losses which fall upon them owing to derating. The distribution of these grants is mainly in accordance with needs for local government services in any area in relation to the ability of the area to meet the cost, and the Acts provide for periodical recalculations of the
237Wtotal amount in the light of any general increase in the expenditure of local authorities, and for review of the working of the rules governing its distribution.