§ MR. NOLAN (Louth, S.)To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he can state the number of clubs registered during the month of January this year in compliance with the provisions of the Licensing Act, 1902, Part III.; the name of the borough, county borough, or county petty sessional division in which the said clubs are situated; the objects and number of members of each of the said clubs; the terms of subscription; and the hours of opening and closing of the club premises.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Akers-Douglas.) I am unable to give more than the numbers of the clubs registered; and on this point information is not yet available for the present year outside London. I am informed that in the Metropolitan police district, 990 clubs have been registered this year, and in the City of London, 59. For the year 1904, the figures were: Metropolitan police district, 1,026; City, 59; other English police districts, 5,186; Welsh, 191. Total, 6,462. For details as to the localities in which the clubs are situated the Annual Report of the Constabulary Inspectors for the year 1903–4 (which will be published very shortly) may b consulted.