HC Deb 27 June 1939 vol 349 c230W
Mr. G. Macdonald

asked the Minister of Health whether he will state the number of persons in receipt of workmen's compensation who are also in receipt of public assistance, giving separate figures for Lancashire?

Mr. Bernays

According to a special Return in respect of the week ended 18th February, 1939, there were 3,685 persons in England and Wales in receipt of weekly payments by way of workmen's compensation who were also in receipt of out-relief in money or in kind from the Poor Law authorities. The corresponding figure for the administrative county of Lancaster together with the seventeen associated county boroughs was 381.