asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department the gross cost of residential nurseries per child per week for the latest convenient period in London, Croydon, Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester and Sheffield, respectively.

According to information obtained from the local authorities concerned, the gross cost per child per week for the year 1950–51 was as follows:

			£	s.	d.
Birmingham	…	…	7	9	8
Croydon	…	…	6	10	7
Liverpool	…	…	8	18	0
London	…	…	9	14	3
Manchester	…	…	9	12	6
Sheffield	…	…	9	12	9

Croydon and Liverpool have one nursery only, and the figures for Liverpool and Manchester include the sums of 31s. 9d. and 17s. ld. attributable to capital expenditure defrayed out of revenue.