Report of the Royal Commission on the Poor Laws and Relief of Distress. : Appendix Volume XXX. Scotland. Statistics and other documents relating specially to Scotland.
- Royal Commission on the Poor Laws and Relief of Distress 1905-09
- Date:
- 1911
Licence: In copyright
Credit: Report of the Royal Commission on the Poor Laws and Relief of Distress. : Appendix Volume XXX. Scotland. Statistics and other documents relating specially to Scotland. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service. The original may be consulted at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service.
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![(15) Finance. No. of Councils, &c. making Recom- menda- tion. I.—Valuation. Parish Councils to have a locus standi at Valuation Appeal Courts ] Assessor should furnish list of valuations to Parish Councils before date of Appeal Court - 1 Assessor to supply copy of supplementary valua- tion roll to collector of poor rates, for the purpose of assessing occupiers of subjects re- turned vacant at Whitsunday - - - - 3 Powers of Town Councils under Burgh Police Act, 1903, to be extended to County Councils with reference to preparation of supplementary valuation roll ------- 2 Parish Councils to have power to correct errors in valuation roll on receipt of certificate from Assessor 1 The gross rental of subjects such as docks should bear some relation to their capital value - - 1 II.—Assessment. Local Government Board should certify assess- ment roll - - - - . . . . 1 Exemptions :— All lands, heritages, etc., to be liable for rating, and exemption abolished:— {a) Hospitals and infirmaries to be assessed [2]. (b) Parish Church Manses to be assessed for poor rate [3] - - - - 39 Premises exclusively devoted to public wor- ship or charitable education of the poor to be exempt from assessment - - - 1 Unoccupied property should not be assessed 28 Deductions:— Basis of assessment to be same as in burghs and counties ...... 5 Assessments should be levied on gross rental as appearing in Valuation Roll - - - 84 Abolition of deductions under 37th Section, Poor Law (Scotland) Act, 1845, and repeal of that section :— (rt) Or, alternatively, that no distinction be made in certain classes and a uniform rate of deduction be made on all values [1] - - 93 Section 37 of Poor Law (Scotland) Act, 1845, should not be repealed, as unfairness towards property with excessive upkeep might result ------ 1 Present system of assessing mines and minerals unjust 1 No further deduction be allowed railways beyond working expenses and 25 per cent, of estimated value of working stock [2]. Assessor to be empowered to make all neces- sary deductions:— Local Government Board to form Court of Appeal—decision to be final [1] 2 Local Government Board to make all neces- sary deductions 1 Nominal deduction given by Parish Council to be binding on all subjects of a certain class 1 Classification:— Repeal of 36th Section of Poor Law (Scotland) Act, 1845 6 Existing classifications to be continued - 1 Local authorities should be empowered to classify assessable subjects according as they contribute to pauperism - - - 1 No. of Councils, &c. making Recom- menda- tion. Collection and Recovery :— Parish Councils to have power to recover from owner, rates on all houses let from £4 to £20 per annum, with power for owner to recover from tenant 38 Parish Councils to have power to collect from owner all rates on subjects let for less than one year 16 Local assessments to be levied and collected by Town Councils :— (a) Collector to have power to take pay- ment of assessments by instal- ments [1] 3 Assimilation of powers of Parish Councils and Town Councils re recovery of rates - - 7 Parish Councils to be empowered to charge School Boards with a due proportion of cost of imposing and collecting the educa- tion rate ------- 2 Lunacy assessment to be collected along with the poor and school rates by Parish Councils 1 Date should be fixed for payment of poor and school rates, after which a penalty of Id. in the £ should be imposed on arrears - - 1 III.—Equalisation of Poor Rate. Need of legislative measures for equalisation of local taxation ------- 2 Complaints as to heavy charges for upkeep of insane and other poor ----- 3 National poor rate for Scotland - - - - 15 National poor rate for Scotland would be against best interests of economy - - - - 3 Poll tax for males over twenty-one who are not householders 1 One third of the poor rate, when it exceeds Is. in the £, should be chargeable on the Exchequer, and the other two-thu'ds on the parish - - 1 IV.—Government Grants. All grants-in-aid should cease . . - - i Need of more adequate method of allocating Government grants 1 Grant from Imperial Exchequer to be given to poor and highly rated and declining parishes - 5 Basis of distribution of grant under Education and Local Taxation Account (Scotland) Act, 1892, to be on actual amount of poor rates raised in preceding year 1 Re-allocation of Agricultural Rates Grant - - 7 Medical Relief Grant to be increased - - - 5 Local Government Board to frame rules for distribution of Medical Relief Grant - - - 2 Local Government Board to be empowered, with consent of Secretary for Scotland, to vary basis of distribution of Medical Relief and Pauper Lunacy Grants 7 Rural parishes to be allowed to claim under Medical Relief Grant for expenses of trained nursing in cottage homes 1 Expenditure in respect of trained sick nursing of the outdoor poor (including subscriptions for district nurses) to rank against Medical Relief Grant I Expenditure incurred in connection with the train- ing of nurses to be allowed to rank against Medical Relief Grant ----- 1 Travelling expenses of pauper patients to and from hospitals and infirmaries to be admissible expenditure under Medical Relief Grant - - 1](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b24400099_0148.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
