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Mr. T. GRIFFITHS
asked the Minister of Health if he will give the names of those boards of guardians to whom he has given sanction to meet by loans expense for out-relief and other matters which are ordinarily met out of the annual rates, with the amount of the loans sanctioned in each case and the present level of the total rates of the districts concerned?
Sir A. MOND
Yes, Sir. The following statement contains the information desired by the hon. Member.
| STATEMENT of (1) Loans to meet current expenses of boards of guardians and not repayable out of revenue for current financial year; and (2) Total rates per £ of assessable value. | |||
| Name of Union or Parish. | Amount sanctioned. | Total amount per £ of assessable value of all public rates levied in the year 1921–22 in the most populous urban area in the Poor Law Union. | |
| £ | S. | d. | |
| Auckland | 55,000 | 18 | 6 |
| Barrow-in-Furness | 50,000 | 13 | 6 |
| Bedwellty | 140,000 | 27 | 6 |
| Birmingham | 210,000 | 18 | 0 |
| Bradford (Yorks) | 100,000 | 18 | 0 |
| Bridgend and Cowbridge. | 45,000 | 24 | 8 |
| Bristol | 100,000 | 16 | 5 |
| Burnley | 40,000 | 15 | 3 |
| Chesterfield | 40,000 | 19 | 0 |
| Cockermouth | 35,000 | 17 | 5 |
| Coventry | 40,000 | 21 | 8 |
| Crickhowell | 20,000 | 27 | 0 |
| Derby | 40,000 | 20 | 2 |
| Durham | 50,000 | 21 | 2 |
| Ecclesall and Bierlow. | 200,000 | 18 | 8 |
| Gateshead | 50,000 | 17 | 7 |
| Llanelly | 15,000 | 24 | 2 |
| St. Marylebone | 14,000 | 13 | 10 |
| Merthyr Tydfil | 65,000 | 30 | 5½ |
| Middlesbrough | 100,000 | 20 | 0 |
| Neath | 75,000 | 23 | 11 |
| Pontardawe | 10,000 | 22 | 4 |
| Pontypridd | 60,000 | 26 | 6 |
| Poplar | 95,000 | 18 | 3 |
| Prescot | 65,000 | 17 | 0 |
| Rotherham | 130,000 | 21 | 0 |
| Sheffield | 300,000 | 21 | 2 |
| Stockport | 35,000 | 18 | 0 |
| Swansea | 35,000 | 19 | 10 |
| Walsall | 50,000 | 20 | 0 |
| West Bromwich | 90,000 | 19 | 0 |
| West Ham | 300,000 | 26 | 1 |
| Whitehaven | 15,000 | 13 | 10 |
| Wigan | 80,000 | 17 | 6 |