Written Answers
Scotland (Social Services Expenditure)
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland the figure per head for rated social services in the 12 chief towns of Scotland as compared with the similar figure for the 12 chief towns of England?
The following statement contains the information desired.
| Estimated expenditure per head of population on certain services in the under-mentioned 12 largest Burghs in Scotland in the year 1930–31. | ||||
| £ | s. | d. | ||
| Glasgow | … | 4 | 15 | 0 |
| Edinburgh | … | 2 | 18 | 0 |
| Dundee | … | 2 | 5 | 3 |
| Aberdeen | … | 2 | 10 | 10 |
| Paisley | … | 2 | 7 | 5 |
| Greenock | … | 2 | 12 | 8 |
| Motherwell and Wishaw | … | 2 | 11 | 0 |
| Clydebank | … | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Coatbridge | … | 2 | 17 | 8 |
| Dunfermline | … | 2 | 14 | 11 |
| Kirkcaldy | … | 2 | 11 | 6 |
| Hamilton | … | 3 | 9 | 9 |
| Expenditure on revenue account per head of population on certain services in the under-mentioned 12 largest County Boroughs in England in the year ended 31st March, 1931. | ||||
| £ | s. | d. | ||
| Birmingham | … | 2 | 14 | 4 |
| Bradford | … | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| Bristol | … | 2 | 6 | 3 |
| Kingston-upon-Hull | … | 2 | 19 | 0 |
| Leeds | … | 2 | 16 | 1 |
| Liverpool | … | 3 | 7 | 3 |
| Manchester | … | 3 | 7 | 11 |
| Newcastle-upon-Tyne | … | 2 | 14 | 6 |
| Nottingham | … | 2 | 18 | 5 |
| Sheffield | … | 2 | 16 | 2 |
| Stoke-on-Trent | … | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| West Ham | … | 3 | 13 | 2 |
Expenditure.—The expenditure on which the figures above are based is the gross expenditure on revenue account after deducting all specific receipts (including Government grants specifically in aid of the services) but making no deduction in respect of the block grants under the Local Government (Scotland) Act, 1929, and the Local Government Act, 1929.
Services.—The services include education, poor relief, lunacy and mental deficiency, housing and public health (hospitals, treatment of infectious diseases, tuberculosis, venereal diseases, maternity and child welfare and miscellaneous public health services other than water supply, cleansing, sewers and drains, baths and wash-houses, and pleasure grounds).
Imperial Economic Conference
asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs what representation, if any, has been granted by the Australian Federal Government to the Australian wheat, sheep, and cattle farmers at the Ottawa Conference?
I have no information, beyond the notices which have appeared in the Press, of the representation to be accorded by the Commonwealth Government to the industries of Australia. I am sending to my hon. Friend copies of such notices as I have seen.
Agriculture
Fruit Pickers (Wages)
asked the Minister of Agriculture the wage rates paid, and the hours worked by, the average fruit pickers employed in France, Belgium, and Holland engaged in picking fruit similar to that grown in this country?
I regret that I am unable to supply this information.
Unemployed Farm Workers, Norfolk
asked the Minister of Agriculture if he is aware that the number of unemployed farm workers in Norfolk rose to 3,600 at the end of April, 1932, costing the ratepayers £70,000; and what steps he is prepared to take to enable these men to remain on the land and maintain cultivation and production for the next winter and spring?
No precise statistics are available of the numbers of farm workers unemployed, but I am aware that there has been a considerable amount of unemployment in Norfolk during the past winter. As regards the last part of the question I am hopeful that the steps already taken by the Government for assisting the agricultural industry will result in an increase in the amount of employment available,, particularly in the arable areas of the Eastern Counties.
Lausanne Conference
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether any and, if so, how many members of the Foreign Office are on the staff of the British delegation at Lausanne?
Exclusive of clerical assistance four members of the Foreign Office staff have accompanied my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to Lausanne.
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether any and, if so, how many members of the Board of Trade have accompanied the President of the Board of Trade to Lausanne?
I assume that my hon. and gallant Friend refers to the Board of Trade staff. The Chief Economic: Adviser to His Majesty's Government and two members of the Board of Trade staff have accompanied my right hon. Friend to Lausanne. This is exclusive of clerical assistance.
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether any and, if so, how many Treasury officials have accompanied the Chancellor of the Exchequer as advisers to the British delegation at Lausanne?
Three Treasury officials have accompanied the Chancellor of the Exchequer as advisers to the British delegation at Lausanne.
United States (British Subject's Death)
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the report of the Consul-General at New York on the circumstances of the death of Miss Violet Sharpe has been received; and, if so, whether he can give the House any information as to its nature?
The report of the Acting British Consul-General in New York has not yet been received.