asked the President of the Board of Education whether his attention has been drawn to the fact that of 2,000,000 school children inspected in 1924, 67 per cent. of whom were found to be in need of dental treatment,, only 55 per cent. received such treatment; and will he state what action is contemplated in order to deal with those not receiving dental care?

I assume that the hon. Member refers to the statement on page 66 of the Report of the Board's chief medical officer for the year 1924. As regards the second part of the question, this is one of the matters that local authorities have doubtless been considering in connection with their programmes.

asked the President of the Board of Education what annual saving he estimates he will secure by the operation of Circular 1371 in the Middlesbrough educational area; and what will be the extra cost thrown on the local rates if the present standard of educational efficiency is to be maintained?

As regards the first part of the question, I would refer the hon. Member to the reply given on the 2nd December to the hon. Member for Penistone (Mr. Ronnie Smith), and, as regards the second part, to that given on the 9th December to the hon. Member for Rotherham (Mr. Lindley), copies of which I am sending him.

asked the President of the Board of Education if he has received from the Monmouthshire Education Committee a resolution protesting against the Board of Education Circular 1371, in which it is stated that it is estimated that the financial provisions of the Circular will cost this authority £14,000 a year; that there are many financially derelict parishes within the county boards of guardians' areas; and that the Bedwellty Union alone is £98,700 in arrears of the county precepts; and will he, therefore, withdraw the Circular?

I would refer the hon. Member to the reply given to me on 14th December to the Member for Bedwellty (Mr. C. Edwards) and other hon. Members, a copy of which I am sending him, together with, my previous answer which' is referred to. I may add that the letter which I received from the Monmouthshire authority did not mention specifically the sum of £14,000.

asked the President of the Board of Education what will be the amount of total grants payable to England for the years 1926 to 1028 under the suggested system of block grants?

If the hon. Member will refer to the reply which I gave on 8th December to the right hon. Member for the English Universities (Mr, Fisher), a copy of which I am sending him, he will understand that it is not possible for me to give the information for which he asks.

asked the President of the Board of Education if he will give an assurance that the projected expenditure of local education authorities upon school medical services and the provision of meals for necessitous children will be excluded from the proposed reduction of 1 per cent. of the 1924–25 expenditure upon elementary education?

The fact that, as the hon. Member is aware, I am consulting with local authorities on the proposals made in the Circular is sufficient assurance that all proper consideration will be given to the needs of the services to which he refers.

asked the President of the Board of Education how many classes there are in elementary schools with 80 children on the rolls in England and Wales; and whether the stabilisation of the grant will withdraw any incentive to reduce the size of classes?

On the 31st March, 1923 there were, in England and Wales, 4,022 classes with 60 or more children on the rolls. I have no corresponding later figure, but on the 31st March, 1924, there were 494 classes with more than 60 on the roll. As regards the second part of the question, I propose to deal with this point during the Debate to-day.

asked the President of the Board of Education how many classrooms there are in the country containing more than two classes; which authorities have taken steps to reduce the number of classes in one room; and what will be the effect of Circular 1371 on these developments?

According to the Return which I furnished to the Order of the House in February last there were, on 21st May, 1924, 1,590 classrooms containing more than two classes. I have no statistics bearing on the second part of the question. I propose to deal with this question during to-day's Debate.

asked the President of the Board of Education how it is proposed to reconcile the development of essential services with a fixed grant?

If the hon. Member is referring to Circular 1371, he has overlooked the fact that the grants proposed therein are not fixed.

asked the President of the Board of Education whether any local education authority has expressed its approval of the policy embodied in Circular 1371?

I am unable to say. As the hon. and gallant Member may be aware, I am at present in the course of consultation with the Local Authorities Associations.

asked the President of the Board of Education whether the adoption of the policy of Circular 1371 will lead to a reduction in the total grant payable to training colleges?

No, Sir. The arrangements proposed in the circular include the continuance of the special grant to local education authorities which maintain training colleges, and the circular does not affect the grants payable to non-local education authority institutions, whether training colleges or others.

asked the President of the Board of Education whether it is proposed to introduce a new system of part-time education for children under six years of age: and, if so, whether legislation will be required?

I have nothing to add to what is stated in the first paragraph of the Note on page 4 of the circular. As regards the second part of the question, I am advised that legislation would not be required.

asked the President of the Board of Education how many certificated and how many uncertificated and how many unqualified teachers there are in elementary schools in England and Wales, and how he proposes to increase the number of certificated teachers if Circular 1371 is put into operation?

On the 30th September, 1925, there were employed in public elementary schools in England and Wales 119,537 certificated teachers, 32,892 uncertificated teachers and 9,337 supplementary teachers. As regards the second part of the question, I shall be dealing with this point during the Debate to-day.

asked the President of the Board of Education whether the policy of the Board as declared in Circular 1371, to ensure that the benefit of any economies made by a local education authority will accrue to it in full, will result in any reduction in the proposed block grant in the case of an authority which declines to pay the teachers in its area the Burnham scale of salaries?

Yes, Sir. I have already decided to include in the conditions of grant a provision empowering me to adjust the grant in such cases as that to which the right hon. Member refers.

asked the President of the Board of Education whether he will undertake to examine reports of inspections by His Majesty's inspectors of schools during 1923, 1924 and 1925, and present to the House in a White Paper a statement in general terms of requirements regarded by His Majesty's inspectors as essential to the efficient conduct of the schools?

These reports related to the particular conditions which the inspectors found at the time of the inspection to be affecting individual schools, and I do not think that a summary of the reports would be of much assistance in formulating general standards of efficiency.

asked the President of the Board of Education whether the Board has approved of the general reduction in the size of classes in London elementary schools to 40 children in average attendance in senior schools and 48 in infant schools: and whether it is proposed, under Circular 1371, to withhold sanction to the further writing down of the accommodation of class-rooms?

My Department have approved the resumption by the county council of their policy of reducing the size of classes in the manner indicated. The council's three year programme provides for a gradual process of reduction; and, though in the case of junior departments the standard of 40 is greatly in advance of any general standard hitherto laid down or suggested by the Board, I see no reason to suggest that the arrangements outlined in Circular 1371 would prevent the council carrying out gradually any policy which, in its opinion, is necessary to meet special conditions in London.

asked the President of the Board of Education in how many classes in elementary schools the number of children is between 40 and 49, 50 and 59, and 60 and over, respectively?

On the 31st March, 1924 (the latest date for which complete returns are available), there were, in England and Wales, 40,647 classes with more than 40 but not more than 50 children on the registers; 24,473 classes with more than 50 but not more than 60 on the registers; and 494 classes with more than 60 on the registers.

asked the President of the Board of Education how many children under five years of age are attending the elementary schools in Wednesbury, Tipton, and Darlaston, respectively?

On the 31st March, 1925, there were no pupils aged under five years on the registers of public elementary schools in these areas.

asked the President of the Board of Education how many children under the age of five years are attending the elementary schools of Rochdale, and the money he estimates he will save in one year under the new system of grants suggested by Circular 1371?

On the 31st March, 1925, there were (on the registers) 1,179 children aged under five years. As regards the second part of the question, I would refer the hon. Member to the reply given by me on the 10th December, 1925, to the hon. Member for West Middlesbrough (Mr. T. Thomson), a copy of which I am sending him.

asked the President of the Board of Education, what was the amount paid for education in England by the State in each of the years 1919 to 1925?

The expenditure of the Board of Education on education in England and Wales for the years in question was:

				£
1919–20	…	…	…	32,711,000
1920–21	…	…	…	5,440,000
1921–22	…	…	…	47,853,000
1922–23	…	…	…	41,731,000
1923–24	…	…	…	40,633,000
1924–25	…	…	…	40,779,000

These figures must, of course, not be taken as representing the giants paid to local education authorities, as to which I would refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to my hon. and gallant Friend the Member for Bosworth (Captain Gee) on the 3rd December, a copy of which I am sending him. The higher figures include,

asked the President of the Board of Education whether, having regard to the increasing population in the Wood Green Area, Wednesbury, and the long distances school children now have to walk to attend their respective schools, he will recommend the building of a new elementary school in this district?

This would be a matter for the consideration of the local education authority in the first instance.

asked the President of the Board of Education whether the Board has approved the London County Council programme of educational work for the three years 1925-28; was such approval complete or conditional; and, if the latter, what was the nature of the conditions?

The Board have approved in principle the three-years' programme of the London County Council; at the same time they made it clear that they reserved to themselves the right to criticise the details of the proposals, as and when submitted to them, and, should occasion arise, to ask for such modifications of the programme as might appear to them to be required.

asked the President of the Board of Educator, whether the statement in Circular 1371, that the Board will make special provision to meet the case of areas where the adoption of the Burn-ham Scale, since 31st March. 1925, entails an increase in the cost of salaries, has reference to an increase in the scale upon which salary is paid or to an increase in the number of teachers; and. if not the latter, does he propose to stabilise the numbers of teachers as at 31st March, 1925?

The special provision proposed in the circular is intended primarily to meet the case of areas in which the adoption of the Burnham Scales since 31st March, 1925, involves an increase in cost on account of salaries being paid upon a higher scale than previously. On the question of the numbers of teachers, I would remind the hon. Member that the question of school staffing was mentioned in Circular 1358 as one which local authorities should consider in connection with their programmes and considerable increase of staff made in advance of the programmes would clearly deprive the programme procedure of much of its value.

asked the President of the Board of Education what provision will be made in the proposed block grants as outlined in Circular 1371 to provide for annual increments in teachers' salaries?

On the information before me it appears that, under the Burnham Award, the average salary of teachers, taken collectively, is likely, despite annual salary increments, to decrease in the year 1926–27 as compared with the preceding years.

asked the President of the Board of Education how many junior technical schools were opened in 1924 and 1925; and whether any applications have been received for the approval of new junior technical schools in 1926?

No junior technical schools were opened in the school year ended 31st July, 1924. In the school year 1924–25 two new schools were opened, and in the current school year the Board have received applications for the recognition of five new junior technical schools.

asked the President of the Board of Education how much the automatic increase on teachers' pensions is for 1926–27?

The present estimate is about £440,000.

asked the President of the Board of Education when the Departmental Committee appointed last year to consider the scope and work of public libraries, will present its Report; and if the Report will be made public?

I am unable to say when the Report will be presented, but I understand that its preparation has reached an advanced stage. I hope that, when completed, it will be printed and published, but I cannot, of course, give any undertaking at this stage.

asked the President of the Board of Education how many school places are provided in the schools in Bentley-with-Arksey urban district; and what is the number of children on the books?

The accommodation provided in the schools in Bentley-with-Arksey is at present recognised as providing 2,840 places, and the number of children on the books on 31st March, 1925, the latest date for which figures are available, was 2,930. Additional accommodation for 460 children is now being provided.

asked the President of the Board of Education what steps the West Riding Education Authority are taking in the Doncaster district to provide central schools for advanced instruction?

One central school has already been established at South Kirby. I understand that the local authority have been considering the provision of others at Bentley-with-Arksey, Bolton-up-Dearne, Conisborough, Edlington, Maltby, Rawmarsh, and Rossington.

asked the President of the Board of Education whether any special provision is made for the education of tubercular children in the West Riding Education Authority's area?

In the area of the West Riding authority there are three sanatorium schools certified by the Board, with 172 places, which provide education for tuberculous children. The returns show that during the year ended 31st December, 1924, 287 tuberculous children in this area were sent to sanatoria or certified hospital schools.

asked the President of the Board of Education the terms of reference to the Government Committee on the cost of school buildings; what new types of construction are being examined; how many meetings have been held; and whether the Report will be published?

The terms of 'reference were as follow:

"To inquire and report as to the construction of school building, with special reference to

(i) the use of new materials and methods of construction; and

(ii) the reduction of cost."

I understand that the Committee are at present considering alternative methods of construction in various forms of concrete, wood and steel, and that it has met on seven occasions up to the present. As regards the last part of the question, I hope that their Report, when completed, will be printed and published, but I cannot, of course, give any undertaking at this stage.

asked the President of the Board of Education how many boys are being trained in the painting and decorating trades with the co-operation of the Manchester Education Committee; how many other education committees have arranged classes this winter for apprentices in the building industry; and how many building apprentices are being trained with the help of his Department?

I am afraid that I have not the information for which the Noble Lady asks, nor could I obtain it except by making a special inquiry of local authorities which it would take a considerable time to complete, and which would, in present circumstances, involve a disproportionate amount of labour both on the part of local education authorities and my Department.

asked the Secretary for Scotland what will be the total sum available for education in Scotland for 1926 to 1928, computed on the block grant system suggested for England?

As regards the year 1926–27, I would refer the hon. Member to the Circular which has just been issued by the Scottish Education Department, from which he will see that, so far as the Estimates are concerned, an actual reduction in the Estimate for Scotland is not foreshadowed. I have not yet the requisite data to enable me to give a definite figure for 1926–27, and at present it is not possible to form any estimate of the amount of money available in subsequent years.

asked the President of the Board of Trade whether any giants have been paid by the Government to the British Dyestuffs Corporation in aid of scientific research; and what is the total sum so paid?

The Government undertook to make a grant in aid of research, amounting to £100,000, to British Dyes, Limited, and that sum was paid in March, 1920, to the British Dye-stuffs Corporation, Limited, into which British Dyes, Limited, had been merged.

asked the President of the Board of Trade what is the total sum which has been paid by the Government to the British Dyestuffs Corporation as commission on the sale of dyes and kindred materials collected from Germany as reparations?

As I stated in reply to the hon. Member for Moss Side (Mr. G, Hurst) on the 8th December, the total amount paid or payable to the British Dyestuffs Corporation for commission on the sale of reparation dye-stuffs to the end of October, 1925, is £81,800.

asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware that dumping of wrapping paper in considerable quantities is advised as shortly to take place; and what action he proposes to take to prevent this injury to British trade?

The answer to the first part of the question is in the negative.

asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that flour millers are attempting to withhold supplies of flour to a Newport baker because he refuses to charge l0d. per loaf for bread which he now retails over the counter for cash at 7½ per loaf at a profit; and what action he proposes to take to enable consumers of bread to effect this economy in their purchases?

My attention has been called to allegations of this kind in regard to bread sold by a firm of grocers in Newport, and I have asked the Food Council to inquire into them.

asked the President of the Board of Trade whether his attention has been called to the increas- ing amount of trade between Russia and America, Germany and Italy; and whether he will consider the extension of facilities for long credits in order that British firms may avail themselves of the orders that are being placed abroad by the Russian trading agencies?

The answer to the first part of the question is in the affirmative. According to the official statistics of the Soviet Union, the trade in 1924–25 between the Union and the countries mentioned shows a considerable increase over the year 1923–24. The same may be said in respect of trade between the Union and this country. The answer to the second part of the question is in the negative.

asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will state what were the imports of Canadian bacon during the 12 months period for which figures are available, distinguishing between boracised and unboracised bacon; and similar information in respect of imported Canadian hams?

During the 12 months ended 30th November last the total quantity and value of bacon and hams imported into Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and registered as consigned from Canada, were as follows: Bacon, 1,283,213 owts., valued at £6,805,269; hams, 185,564 owts., valued at £1,062,651. I regret that I am not in a position to distinguish between the imports of boracised and of unboracised bacon and hams.

asked the President of the Board of Trade what proportion of flour used In the Army, Navy, prisons, and other public institutions is home-grown; and whether arrangements could be made that British-grown grain should be given preference in such institutions?

I would ask my hon. and gallant Friend to be good enough to address his inquiry to the Ministers directly concerned.

asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the total value of goods and materials supplied by foreign countries to the various Departments of the Government during the year 1924, and for the first nine months of 1925; and whether he can give the figures separately for Germany, Belgium, France, Japan and America?

I am having inquiries made as to whether the information is available, and will communicate with the hon. Member in due course.

asked the Postmaster-General if he is aware that the temporary workers now being employed at the Bradford Post Office are only being paid the rate of 1s. 1d. per hour: and, in view of the fact that this in a Class 1 office, will he favourably consider the payment of the maximum rate of 1s. 2d. per hour to these persons?

Owing to the widely varying conditions in provincial towns it is not practicable to lay down hard and fast rates of pay which would be suitable for general application; and the rates for individual towns are being fixed, within certain maxima, by the local post office authorities in consultation with the Employment Exchange manager. I will make inquiries regarding the rate fixed for Bradford, but the rate of 1s. 2d. an hour quoted by the hon. Member is a maximum rate and is not being paid generally in provincial offices.

asked the Postmaster-General the decrease since 1914 in the Post Office staff, excluding industrial staff, employed in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; and the amount of new work introduced since 1914?

Separate figures of staff for Northern Ireland are not available for 1914. In Great Britain there has been a net reduction in numbers of between 5,000 and 6,000, which is primarily due to reductions in the numbers of part-time employés and of boy messengers. The chief items of new work introduced since 1914 are National Savings Certificates, Army and Navy Allowances and Pen- sions, Postal Drafts, Entertainment Tax Stamps and Wireless Broadcasting Licences.

asked the Postmaster-General whether in view of the fact that, with the exception of the auxiliary or part-time sorting force employed within his department, all other grades and ranks of postal servants receive a night allowance of 8½ minutes between the hours of 8 p.m. and 6 a.m., he will now consider the advisability of granting the same privileges to those at present exempted?

The present rates of pay for auxiliary sorters were settled in agreement with the association representing the class, and when these rates were fixed, consideration was given to the fact that they would cover night as well as day duty. The association, however, have recently submitted representations on this and other points, and their claims are receiving consideration.

asked the First Lord of the Admiralty the cost of the Navy stores in 1914; and the estimated cost for 1925–26?

I would refer the hon. Member to Votes 2, 3, 8 and 9 in the Navy Estimates for the years in question.

asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether, since the loss of the Ml, his Department has received any suggestions from inventors as to new devices, such as telephonic buoys, whereby the crew of a disabled submarine may stand a better chance of being saved?

Approximately 1,000 suggestions and devices have been received from various quarters and have all received careful consideration. Nothing however has been submitted which adds to the knowledge already in the possession of the Admiralty.

asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether facilities will be given whereby His Majesty's dockyard apprentices shall be guaranteed a term of security of work in the dockyard on completion of their apprenticeship, having regard for, in the event of immediate discharge, the sacrifices made by their parents and the unpreparedness of the apprentices, who have had no opportunity to save?

I am afraid that no such guarantee can be given; it is the practice of the Admiralty to give some degree of preference to men who hove served as dockyard apprentices, but preference cannot be given where it involves the discharge of other workmen with superior claims on other grounds.

asked the First Lord of the Admiralty if he will state, in respect of hospitals under his administration in this country and elsewhere, respectively. the estimated capital values of lands and of buildings occupied; the annual building maintenance cost; the annual cost of medical stores; the annual cost of provisioning; the annual cost and the numbers of staff employed on medical services; the annual cost and the numbers of staff employed on services other than medical and building maintenance; the annual cost of any additional staff or services; the maximum patient accommodation; and the maximum and average number of patients in residence in any one day in the last 12 months?

The figures will take' some time to prepare, and I will circulate them in the OFFICIAL REPORT as soon as possible.

asked the Secretary of State for Air, whether he will arrange that in future publications of the monthly Air Force List the original dates on which officers on the staff of the Royal Air Force at the Air Ministry were gazetted to their appointments should be inserted as is done in the monthly Army List?

The suggestion contained in my hon. and gallant Friend's question is being carefully considered and I hope that it will be found possible to adopt it.

asked the Secretary of State for Air what progress has been made with regard to supplying parachutes for the Royal Air Force; how many parachutes forming the contract of 2,261, of which 1,500 were to be manufactured in America, have now been delivered; and what steps are being taken to expedite the complete equipment with parachutes of all machines belonging to the Royal Air Force?

In answer to the first and second parts of the question, substantial progress has been made with deliveries, and 341, parachutes were despatched by the contractor up to and including the 27th November. In answer to the last part, as the result of representations by the Air Ministry, arrangements have already been made for expediting very considerably the contract rate of delivery.

asked the Secretary of State for Air, whether he is yet in a position to make a further statement on the subject of insurance facilities for flying personnel; and whether his negotiations with the insurance offices have resulted in any lowering of the high rates of premium previously charged for cover against flying risks in time of peace?

I am glad to be able to state that, thanks to the friendly cooperation of the Life Offices Association, several companies of high standing have already intimated their willingness to quote rates of premium which represent a very substantial reduction on the rates previously quoted. For example, whereas hitherto an officer of the rank of squadron leader seeking cover against peace-time flying risks has, under the terms offered by many companies, been required to pay an additional premium of as much as five guineas per cent., annually on the sum insured, several companies now offer (he same benefits in return for an additional payment of only two guineas per cent. The additional premium payable has thus been reduced by more than half. Further, this reduced additional premium is payable for five years only instead of over the whole period for which cover is desired, and once these five annual payments have been completed, the officer is fully insured against flying risks without any further additional payment whatsoever. I have every hope that other companies will very shortly be prepared also to offer substantially reduced terms. I am taking special steps to bring the greatly improved insurance facilities thus secured to the notice of all serving officers.

asked the Secretary of State for War the cost of the Army stores in 1914; and the estimated cost for 1925–26?

The provision in Army Estimates 1914–15 for stores of all kinds (not including food, forage and other consumable supplies) was £2,795,350; the corresponding provision in the present year's Estimates is £3,245,775.

asked the Secretary of State for War whether troop-carrying aircraft have been employed in connection with Army exercises; whether he can make any statement as to the resultant effect on Army mobility; and what arrangements exist for the representation of the views of officers in charge of such operations in the design of troop-carrying aircraft?

Troop-carrying aircraft have not been employed in connection with Army exercises. The use of troop-carrying aircraft has been limited to occasions of emergency in Iraq, where small detachments have been transported for considerable distances in this manner. The War Office and Air Ministry are in close touch regarding the results of the experience in Iraq, which has been valuable.

asked the Secretary of State for War what steps are being taken to place the crews of War Department vessels on the pensionable list?

Masters and first-class engineers in the War Department Fleet are already established. The question of establishing a proportion of the mates and second-class engineers is under consideration by a sub-committee of the Departmental Administrative Whitley Council. As regard the third-class engineers and other ratings, it is not the practice of the Army Council to place upon the pensionable establishment members of non-supervisory industrial grades and they are unable to make any exception to this rule in the case of the men now in question.

asked the Minister of Pensions the amounts spent by his Department upon sanatorium treatment for pensioners suffering from tuberculosis during the last five years?

The aggregate expenditure of my Department upon the treatment of pensioners in sanatoria during the five years ending 31st March, 1925, was, approximately, £2,500,000.

asked the Minister of Pensions the number of men who have been in receipt of a pension for four years or more and who are still receiving pensions under conditional awards; what number of these have been awarded a pension for 12 months and until further instructions; and when it is hoped to grant to these men life pensions with the right of an appeal for increase of pension should their condition as the result of their War disability get worse?

The number of pensioners in the class referred to is about 170,000, of whom the great majority are in receipt of an award for a year and until further instructions. All cases are considered with a view to the making of a final award wherever suitable, and such award is, of course, subject to the statutory right of appeal.

asked the Minister of Pensions if he has received a resolution from the borough council of Barrow-in-Furness protesting against his refusal to make an education grant for the benefit of the son of Mrs. J. H. Edwards, of 20, Goldsmith Street, Barrow-in-Furness, whose husband was killed in the War; and whether, having regard to the circumstances of the case, he will be prepared to further consider the granting of the request for assistance in the education of this boy?

Grants in aid of the expenses of education may be made by the Special Grants Committee in exceptional circumstances. I understand that the Committee gave careful consideration to the application made in this ease, but they have decided that, having regard to the circumstances of the widow, the case is not one in which a grant out of public funds can properly be made under the Regulations.

asked the Minister of Pensions whether he has received any complaints submitted by the ward delegates of the patients in the Ministry of Pensions hospital at Maghull to the medical superintendent; and whether formal complaints by patients in Ministry of Pensions institutions are forwarded for consideration by the Director-General of Medical Services and himself?

Complaints would in the ordinary course be dealt with by the medical superintendent of the institution and would, if necessary, be forwarded to the headquarters of the Ministry for consideration. Recent complaints at Maghull, I am glad to say, have been rare and of a minor nature.

asked the Minister of Pensions whether he has received any complaints about the quality, quantity, and cooking of the food supplied to patients at the Ministry of Pensions hospital, Maghull; whether he is aware that the patients are given margarine instead of butter for breakfast and tea; and that no medical officer makes the rounds at meal times to ask if there be any complaints?

Complaints made to the medical superintendents of Ministry hospitals are dealt with by them, if of a minor character, or referred to Ministry headquarters. My inquiries show that recent complaints at Maghull have been rare and of a minor nature. With regard to the second part of the question, the medical officer in charge of a case is authorised to prescribe the supply of butter if he considers it necessary on medical grounds. With regard to the last part of the question, it would be the duty of the sister in charge of the meals in each of the villas in this institution to receive any complaints and to bring them to notice. I may add that the orderly medical officer on his daily round always inspects the dinner, usually the tea and sometimes the breakfast.

asked the Minister of Pensions on what days and hours in each week the part-time offices at Whitby, Northallerton, Todmorden, Pontefract, Goole, Mexborough, and Rotherham are open; is he aware that in some instance pensioners in the district served by these offices live more than 10 miles from the office, and that all applications for treatment are referred to the deputy-commissioner of medical services, who may or may not be stationed at the area office in which the part-time sub-office is situated, which involves in many cases a delay of seven to 10 days before the pensioner is examined for treatment, during which period the pensioner is deprived of treatment allowances, even though the cost of treatment ultimately provided would, and does, prevent him from working; and will he look into this matter?

As the information asked for in the first part of the question involves a number of details, I am causing the particulars to be circulated in the OFFICIAL REPORT. In regard to the latter part of the question, I would refer the hon. Member to the answer which I gave to the hon. Member for Stratford (Mr. Groves) on the 3rd instant, of which I am sending him a copy.

asked the Minister of Pensions whether, seeing that of 2,550 cases considered by the Ministry under the Regulations governing erroneous awards, a re-issue or increase of pension was granted in 1,402 cases, he will issue instructions reminding medical and awarding officers of the Ministry that in all cases pensioners should have the benefit of any doubt there may be before the pension is stopped?

In the cases referred to, the final award was regarded as erroneous, not because there was any doubt at the time when the award was made, but because the developments of the case or supervening conditions clearly traceable to War service had occurred which made the finality erroneous. If any real doubt is entertained at the time of examination, the final award is not made. There is no need, therefore, for any fresh instructions on this matter.

asked the Minister of Pensions the number of cases of ex-service men suffering from losses of limbs in which the pensions have been wholly or partly commuted; whether his attention has been called to the fact that arrears of commutation allowances have in many cases not been collected by the men concerned; and whether he can make any statement on the matter?

Commutation of a part of the pension has been allowed in 173 cases of men suffering from amputation of limb. No arrears of either pension or allowance have so far as I am aware remained uncollected by the men concerned.

asked the Minister of Pensions whether area officers make any inquiries for voluntary funds apart from that administered by the Minister; if so, what is the estimated cost of each inquiry; and whether he has under consideration the issue of instructions forbidding area officers to take any action which might result in an ex-service man, a widow, or dependant receiving assistance from the county or other local funds?

Area officers have not been authorised by the Ministry to make inquiries on behalf of local voluntary funds, and I should have no authority to empower them to do so. Subject to this, the answer to the last part of the question is in the negative.

asked the Minister of Pensions whether, seeing that of 6,239 appeals heard against final awards made by the Ministry 3,381 were successful, he will take steps to ensure that more careful consideration of the men's disabilities is given by the medical final awards board and awarding officers, so that men are not under assessed and/or their pensions terminated without sufficient cause?

I would remind the hon. Member that about half the cases in which the appeal is regarded as techni- cally successful are cases where the Ministry's assessment was not modified, but finality of the award was for the time being set aside for further consideration. The existing instructions of the Ministry provide for the fullest consideration of all cases, and a final award is not made where the prognosis of the case is doubtful or there is prospect of deterioration.

asked the Minister of Pensions whether any economy has resulted from limiting the number of firms eligible for the supply of artificial limbs to two; and whether any complaints have been received from limbless pensioners that they are unable to obtain an artificial limb similar to that which they have been accustomed to use?

The prices obtained under present contracts are, I am glad to say, materially less than those previously in force. The very few cases in which representations have been made to the effect stated in the latter part of the question have been referred to a Board of Surgeons and arrangements have been made, where necessary, in accordance with their advice, for the supply of an artificial limb similar to that previously used by the man, though not covered by the present contracts.

asked the Minister of Pensions what area Deputy Commissioners of Medical Services are responsible for more than one area as constituted under the War Pensions Act of 1921, and in what town is the office of the area Deputy Commissioner of Medical Services situated; and what are the areas for which area Deputy Commissioner of Medical Services is responsible?

Each of the Deputy Commissioners of Medical Services is responsible for more than one area with the exception of the Deputy Commissioners stationed at Aberdeen, Gloucester, Leicester, Belfast and Bristol. I hope to send the hon. Member the detailed information he requires.

asked the Minister of Pensions whether, seeing that the charge for maintenance of a pensioner in a mental institution under the control of the Ministry is 37s. 6d., while in most local or county institutions it is less than 30s. a week, he will reduce the charge made in Ministry institutions so that the wife or other dependant might receive allowances approximating to those drawn by the family, including the husband's allowance, of a man who is under institutional treatment for war injury or disease other than dementia?

The hon. Member would appear to be under a misapprehension. Under the provisions of the Royal Warrant any allowances payable to the members of a man's family or his dependants are so payable irrespective of any charge for the man's own maintenance or of the nature of his disability.

asked the Minister of Pensions what is the number of applications made for treatment in the 11 months ending 30th November, 1925; and in how many cases was treatment provided with allowances?

The records of the Ministry do not show the number of applications made for treatment. During the 11 months in question the total number of cases for whom treatment was provided with allowances was 73,777.

asked the Minister of Pensions whether, seeing that an official of the Ministry has stated that there are large sums of money due to pensioners who through various causes are under the impression that no further pension is payable, he will cause to be printed in the "London Gazette" and circulated to the Press a list of the names and regiments of the men concerned to whom awards of pension have been made but who are not drawing the same; and, in the event of an application being made for a pension the issue of which has been authorised, whether the applicant will receive all arrears of unpaid pension?

I would refer the hon. Member to the answer given to-day to the hon. Member for Ardwick (Mr. Lowth) of which I am sending him a copy.

asked the Minister of Labour the number of men and women, during the months of September, October, and November, that made application for extended benefits at the Workington Employment Exchange, Maryport, Harrington, and Aspatria branches; and how many of the applicants were refused benefits?

During the period 25th August to 16th November, 3,261 applications for extended benefit from men and 99 from women were considered by the local employment committee at Workington, which includes Maryport, Harrington and Aspatria, and of these, 492 applications from men and 60 from women were recommended for disallowance.

asked the Minister of Labour the number of persons in the County of Durham who have applied for and been refused unemployment benefit since 1st January, 1925, including those whose benefit has been stopped?

It has not been practicable in the time since this question appeared on the Paper to prepare the detailed information required. The information is being extracted from the official records, and as soon as this has been completed I will circulate a statement in the OFFICIAL REPORT.

asked the Minister of Labour if he will consider some method of adapting his Regulations to permit of half-day employment in such cases of absolute stoppage which may now obtain and which might be bridged if suitable adaptation of the Regulations could be at once instituted?

The Unemployment Insurance Acts do not, generally speaking, permit payment of benefit for days on which a claimant is employed for half a day. The matter is not one that could be dealt with by regulations. Fresh legislation would be required.

asked the Minister of Labour whether his attention has been called to the dissatisfac- tion expressed by rota committees throughout the country; and seeing that the employer and employé contribute more than two-thirds of the unemployment funds, whether he will introduce legislation during the coming Session to give effect to the principle of equal powers to the subscribers in the administration of the general fund?

I am not aware that there is any general dissatisfaction on the part of the local employment committees with the administration of the Unemployment Insurance Acts, and I do not consider that legislation in the direction suggested is necessary.

asked the Minister of Health the total amount granted to the Wednesbury Town Council to provide relief work for the unemployed since 1918, and the total amount expended by the council from its own rates during the same period?

I regret that I cannot give the information in the form desired by the hon. Member, but grants have been given by the Unemployment Grants Committee in respect of unemployment schemes estimated to cost £51,345, and by the Ministry of Transport for similar schemes estimated to cost £16,059. I will send the hon. Member particulars of the schemes.

asked the Minister of Labour whether, in view of the dispute between the Co-operative Society at Woolwich and their transport workers, he will consider the advisability of offering his intervention with a view to putting an end to the hardship to the public and the loss of work which is being occasioned thereby?

My Department is in communication with the parties, as a result of which I hope that an early settlement of this dispute will be reached.

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department what the British Empire Exhibition stadium was originally estimated to cost, how much has already been spent on it, and what is the total expenditure likely to reach; whether any contracts have been entered into for the letting of the Stadium for great football matches, how many days in the year it will be let for these purposes, and for how many years; and whether any other contracts have been entered into for the letting of the Stadium for any other purposes?

I am informed that the Stadium was originally estimated to cost £275,000. The cost to date, as shown in the auditors' statement dated 4th December, 1925, amounts to £505,567, and it is possible that when a decision has been reached in regard to certain claims which are now under discussion, a further payment of not more than £15,000 may be due. A contract was entered into between the exhibition authorities and the Football Association, whereby important football matches may be played in the Stadium until 1944. No intimation has yet been received from the Football Association as to the number of matches they propose should be played in the Stadium under the contract. No contract for the letting of the Stadium for other purposes has been entered into.

asked the Prime Minister whether he has yet considered the desire for an inquiry into the management, the expenses and the capital expenditure of the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley; and, in view of the fact that £1,100,000 of the loss is now to be paid by the Exchequer, he will arrange for the appointment of a small committee of inquiry, acting either as a committee of this House or as a Departmental Committee?

As my hon. Friend the Secretary of the Overseas Trade Department slated in the House during the Debate or the British Empire Exhibition Supplementary Estimate, there is no evidence of any serious demand on the part of guarantors for an inquiry such as that which the right hon. Gentleman suggests. In the absence of such a demand the Government would deprecate such an inquiry as they do not consider it would serve any useful purpose.

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether his attention has been drawn to the petition submitted to his predecessor by a deputation from a trade union at Gibraltar on the 8th August, 1924, and to which position adherence has since been given by the Gibraltar Exchange Committee and the Gibraltar Chamber of Commerce; and whether he can indicate what steps, if any, are being taken to give to the British citizens of Gibraltar the measures of policy and administration therein referred to?

My right hon. Friend is not yet in a position to add anything to the answer given on this subject on the 18th December last year.

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how much below establishment strength are the medical and sanitary services of Nigeria, Gold Coast, Sierra Leone, Kenya, and Tanganyika, respectively; what steps are being taken to fill the vacancies; and who is responsible for recruiting and selecting the required personnel?

As regards the West African Medical Staff, at present there are 19 vacancies in Nigeria, 13 in the Gold Coast and nine in Sierra. Leone. Nine selected candidates are receiving instruction in this country in tropical medicine and eight more will commence instruction in the new year. There are no vacancies in Kenya and only one in Tanganyika, The vacancies and terms of service are advertised regularly in the medical Press, and the attention of the universities and teaching schools is drawn to those services periodically; while advantage is taken of the presence of senior medical officers on leave in this country to visit the medical schools and interest the students in the Colonial services. Selection of candidates is made by the Secretary of State with the assistance of a small sub-committee containing two medical men of distinction who advise as to the suitability of candidates who are interviewed by them.

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he can, before the House rises, state exactly what is the present position of the Tariff Conference negotiations at Peking; what agreement has been reached up to the present; and what is the attitude of Great Britain with regard to the abolition of likin before the retrocession of tariff autonomy?

I will take this opportunity of stating what the present position at the conference is. The Powers represented at the conference have agreed in principle to the grant to China of tariff autonomy as from 1st January, 1929. The Chinese, for their part, have undertaken to abolish likin effectively by that date. It is understood that an article embodying the above provisions will be incorporated, together with other matters now under negotiation, in a treaty to be signed at the conference. Such a treaty would be subject to ratification. Other matters on which discussions are now proceeding are the rates of Customs surtaxes to be levied in the interim period before the enforcement of the Chinese tariff law, and the Chinese proposals for the abolition of likin out of the proceeds of such surtaxes.

asked the Home Secretary whether there are any statistics available in his Department in regard to the number of convictions in the five years 1920-24, inclusive, for offences connected with the adulteration of milk?

The statistics available are of convictions for offences connected with the adulteration of various foods, drugs and so on, and do not show separately the convictions for offences connected with the adulteration of milk.

asked the Minister of Health whether his attention has been called to the fact that, notwithstanding the large diminution in the number of vaccinations in this country among infants during the past 20 years, chicken-pox has been a five times more fatal disease than small-pox; and whether, therefore, he will reconsider the present obligatory laws of vaccination?

I am aware that the number of deaths in this country attributed to chicken-pox during the past 20 years is largely in excess of the number of deaths attributed to small-pox during that period. But this fact does not appear to afford any sufficient reason for reconsidering the present vaccination laws.

asked the Minister of Health whether he can state the considered judgment of the medical advisers of his Department with regard to the utility or otherwise of primary vaccination; and whether he contemplates any measures for the obligation to re-vaccinate quinquennially?

The answer to the first part of the question is that, in the judgment of my medical advisers, primary vaccination is of great and amply proved utility. The answer to the second part of the question is in the negative.

asked the Minister of Health the reasons why the words about the tragedy of a widespread epidemic of small-pox being realised have been omitted at the end of the first paragraph in the 1924 edition of the Ministry of Health's pamphlet, No. 8, on the subject of small-pox and vaccination?

The words in question were omitted in view of the general mildness of the type of small-pox prevalent in this country at the time the pamphlet was revised.

asked the Minister of Health if he will present statistics to show the number of persons in England and Wales who, in the 10 years ending with 1921, died of small-pox although admittedly successfully vaccinated; the number of persons who died of small-pox in the same period and were classified as not vaccinated; the number classified as doubtful who died of small-pox; and the percentage of births vaccinated in that period of 10 years?

The records in the possession of my Department show that, of the 122 persons who died of smallpox during the 10 years ending with 1921, 43 had been vaccinated, 59 had not been vaccinated prior to exposure to infection, and in 20 instances the vaccinal condition was doubtful. The 43 vaccinated cases included no person under the age of 12, four persons between the ages of 12 and 25, and four between the ages of 25 and 35, the remainder being in each case over the age of 35. The records show that only four of the vaccinated cases had been re-vaccinated, the ages of these persons being 25, 35, 58 and 64 respectively. Of the 59 unvaccinated persons, 26 were under the age of 12, 18 between the ages of 12 and 25, nine between the ages of 25 and 35, and six over the age of 35. The percentage of births vaccinated during the period in question was 43·5.

asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that the expenditure from local rates upon vaccination during the year ended 31st March, 1921, was £175,000, whereas for the previous year the amount was £124,000; and the cause for the increase?

The answer to the first part of the question is in the affirmative. As regards the second part the increased expenditure was mainly due to the operation of the Vaccination Order, 1919, which came into force on the 1st December, 1919, and prescribed an increased minimum fee of 5s. payable to public vaccinators for each domiciliary primary vaccination.

asked the Minister of Health if he will supply the figures showing the fees paid to public vaccinators and the standard salaries, and any fees and standard salaries to vaccination officers other than public ones?

The minimum fees paid to public vaccinators are as follow:

(a) 1s. in respect of each child whose name is included in the lists for warded to the public vaccinator by the vaccination officer.

(b) 5s. in respect of every successful primary vaccination performed at the home of the child or person vaccinated and duly recorded in the vaccination register.

(c) 2s. 6d. in respect of every successful vaccination or re-vaccination performed at the public vaccinator's surgery, or elsewhere than at the home of the person vaccinated or re-vaccinated, and duly recorded in the vaccination register.

Very few public vaccinators are paid by salary and there is no standard salary; the amount paid varies according to the circumstances of the district and the work to be done. I am not aware that there are any vaccination officers other than public ones.

asked the Minister of Health whether his attention has been drawn to the fact that the commissioners of national health administration in Germany have accepted the principle of government compensation for injuries or ill effects following vaccination; and whether he will consider the advisability of adopting the same principle in this country seeing that vaccination is enforced in the interests of the community?

I have no information as to the first part of the question. As regards the second part, I would refer the hon. Member to the answer which I gave him on this subject on the 30th November.

asked the Minister of Health whether the three nurses who contracted diphtheria whilst attending a case of that disease in the Brentford Urban District in March, 1924, as mentioned on page 55 of the Annual Report of the chief medical officer of the Ministry of Health for the year 1924, had been previously immunised against that disease in any way; and whether any of the cases proved fatal?

The answer to both parts of the question is in the negative. I am, however, informed that one of the nurses, seven months before attending the case referred to, had received a dose of diphtheria anti-toxin, but that this dose would not confer immunity for more than one month after it was administered.

asked the Minister of Health the infantile mortality rate per 1,000 of the population under five years and under one year of age, respectively, for West Bromwich, Walsall, Darlaston, Bilston, Rowley Regis and Tipton for the years 1922, 1923, and 1924?

Mortality rates per 1,000 of the population in particular age groups cannot be given for the areas in question, since no reliable estimates are available of the age composition of the populations of such areas during the intercensal period. The mortality rates of children under one year per 1,000 births in the years in question were, however, as follow:

DEATHS UNDER ONE YEAH OF AGE PER 1,000 BIRTHS REGISTERED.
—		1922.	1923.	1924.
County Borough of—
West Bromwich	…	89	88	89
Walsall	…	95	94	78
Urban District of—
Darlaston	…	73	85	107
Bilston	…	97	99	97
Rowley Regis	…	94	89	80
Tipton	…	106	94	85

asked the Minister of Health the death rate per 1,000 of the population from pulmonary tuberculosis for Wednesbury, West Bromwich, Walsall, Darlaston, Tipton, Bilston, and Willenhall, during 1922, 1923 and 1924, respectively?

The figures asked for by the hon. Member are contained in the following Table:

DEATH RATES PER 1,000 POPULATION FROM PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS.
—		1922.	1923.	1924.
Borough of Wednesbury	…	1·11	0·69	1·09
County Borough of—
West Bromwich	…	0·76	0·62	0·62
Walsall	…	1·23	0·91	0·90
Urban District of—
Darlaston	…	1·21	1·10	1·14
Tipton	…	0·73	0·56	0·65
Bilston	…	0·87	0·82	0·56
Willenhall	…	1·41	1·20	0·94

asked the Minister of Health the infectious diseases which have been notifiable since 1907, and the dates when such diseases became notifiable?

(1) The following infectious diseases have been generally notifiable in England and Wales (outside London) since 1899, and in London since 1891:

• Small-pox.
• Cholera.
• Diphtheria and membranous croup.
• Erysipelas.
• Scarlatina or scarlet fever.
• Typhus.
• Enteric fever or typhoid.
• Relapsing fever.
• Continued fever.
• Puerperal fever.

(2) The following infectious diseases have been generally notifiable throughout England and Wales since the years mentioned.

Diseases.		Year.
Plague	…	1900
Cerebro-spinal fever and acute poliomyelitis	…	1912
Tuberculosis	…	1912
Ophthalmia neonatorum	…	1914
Acute encephalitis lethargica and acute polio-encephalitis	…	1919
Trench fever	…	1919
Dysentery	…	1919
Malaria	…	1919
Acute primary pneumonia and acute influenzal pneumonia	…	1919

(3) Certain other infectious diseases, such as measles and chicken-pox, may be made temporarily or permanently notifiable, for particular reasons, in individual sanitary districts.

Last Saturday in			Number in receipt of Institutional Relief.	Number in receipt of Domiciliary Relief.	Total number in receipt of relief
August, 1924	…	…	208,395	871,007	1,079,402
September, 1924	…	…	209,202	836,731	1,045,933
October, 1924	…	…	211,802	834,948	1,046,750
August, 1925	…	…	212,303	988,296	1,200,599
September, 1925	…	…	213,686	1,006,813	1,220,499
October, 1925	…	…	216,969	1,053,210	1,270,179

asked the Minister of Health what was the amount paid out in Poor Law relief by the Thorne Board of Guardians for the years ending 1st November, 1924, and 1st November, 1925, and the amount paid to persons unemployed for the quarter ending 31st March, 1925, and the two subsequent quarters?

asked the Minister of Health whether, in view of the large number of specific charges of irregularities by Poor Law officials that have been brought to his notice, he will cause an inquiry to be held in the matter; and state the nature of such inquiry?

Before justifying an inquiry charges must not merely be specific in character but must be related to specific institutions and individuals. No such charges have yet been brought to my notice. If and when they are, I shall, of course, investigate them.

asked the Minister of Health the numbers in receipt of Poor Law relief in Great Britain for August, September and October of 1924 and 1925, respectively, giving the figures for indoor relief, outdoor relief and totals?

The number of persons in receipt of Poor Law relief in England and Wales on the last Saturday in each of the months mentioned is shown in the following statement. (Lunatics in asylums, casuals and persons in receipt of domiciliary medical relief only are not included in the figures given.)

I am having inquiries made, and will communicate with the hon. Member.

also asked the Minister of Health the amount paid out in Poor Law relief by the Thorne Board of Guardians to persons in receipt of compensation or persons whose compensa- tion claims are still sub judice for the quarter ending 31st March, 1925, and the two subsequent quarters?

I am having inquiries made, and will communicate with the hon. Member.

asked the Secretary of State for War if he is aware of the urgent need for the erection of further houses in Shoeburyness to accommodate the civilian population; and if he will take steps to ensure that the 123 houses now in military occupation, but in civilian ownership, will be rendered available for civilian accommodation at an early date?

The shortage of houses at Shoeburyness is known to the War Office. Some of the houses at present in the occupation of married soldiers there will shortly be set free, as the result of 13 married quarters in the Isle of Grain being taken over from the Royal Air Force. But I regret that I cannot hold out any early prospect of further relief; the funds available in Army Estimates for the construction of married quarters is very limited, and there are other stations where the housing shortage is more serious. I may add that only about 50 of the houses are in military occupation of soldiers who would be entitled to married quarters if they were available.

asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that application has been made by the Rhymney Urban District Council to proceed with their housing scheme, and that the roads and sewers are completed and paid for; and what steps, if any, he intends taking to remove any difficulty that may be in the way of this work being proceeded with?

I am aware of the application referred to, but in view of the council's financial position I have felt that the proposal should be deferred for the present.

asked the Minister of Health the number of prosecutions in respect of overcrowding which have been instituted in the County of London since 1st January last?

I regret that I have no information on the matter to which the hon. Member refers.

asked the Minister of Health whether he has received two complaints by justices against the Urban District Council of Cowes, Isle of Wight, sent to him on 8th June under the enactments then in force relating to the housing of the working classes; whether he is aware that, at the time those complaints were sent, one of the inspectors of the Department was well aware from personal investigation of the state of things to which the complaints related; whether he is aware that the complaints have been treated by the Cowes Urban District Council with indifference; why he has not taken effective action in the matter; and what action he now proposes to take?

I am aware of the facts stated by the hon. Member. I have been awaiting a full report from the local authority of the result of their investigation into the complaints. I have now received that report and I am arranging for one of my inspectors to visit the district and to confer with the local authority.

asked the Minister of Health the number of families living two and three families per occupied dwelling in Wednesbury according to the Census Return of 1921?

The figures desired by the hon. Member are given in the following statement, except that information is available only as regards structurally separate dwellings occupied by three or more than three families:

Wednesbury M.B., Census, 1921.
Structurally separate dwellings occupied by:
2 private families	…	329*
3 or more private families	…	13†
* Containing 658 families.
† Containing 41 families.

asked the Minister of Health whether copies of plans for municipal housing schemes which have to be submitted to him for his approval are returned by his Department?

Yes, Sir, if the authority desire the plans to be returned.

—	Oldbury U.D.	Halesowen U.D.	Stourbridge B.
Houses erected with State assistance:—
(a) By the local authorities	108	9	35
(b) Private enterprise	137	106	45
Houses erected by private enterprise without State assistance (3 years ending 30th September, 1925).	174*	160*	90
	419	275	170
* As regards these two local authorities no particulars were furnished as to the number of houses erected during the six months ending 31st March, 1923.

asked the Minister of Health if his attention has been drawn to the recent action of the Bilston Urban District Council in placing an order for pumps with a Swiss firm instead of with a British firm; whether his Department made any representations thereon in connection with the loan required for the purpose of this and other plant?

I am aware of this case. The contract was awarded, after public tendering, to a British firm, which proposes, as part of the contract, to supply the Swiss pumps, and thereby effect a considerable saving of money. The council have been informed that no grant will be paid by the Unemployment Grants Committee on that part of the expenditure which relates to the purchase of the pump.

asked the Minister of Health the number of men who have been trained at Hollesley Bay farm colony for land work; and how many of these have since obtained permanent employment on the land?

asked the Minister of Health the number of houses that have been built in Oldbury, Halesowen, and Stourbridge, respectively, during the last three years?

The following table gives the information desired by the hon. Member:

I am informed that since 9th January, 1922, 2,332 men have been admitted to the colony. Of this number, 124 have been placed in employment on the land at home or overseas.