§ MR. LEIF JONES (Westmoreland, Appleby)To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will state for England and Wales as a whole, and for each English and Welsh county, the number of civil parishes situated in rural districts and the total population of such civil parishes in each area; and if he will state for England and Wales as a whole, and for each English and Welsh county, the total number of such parishes which are situated in rural districts and have no on-licences for the sale of intoxicating liquors therein, together with the population in each such area for such total number of parishes.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Gladstone.) As regards the first part of the Question, the figures as given in the Local Government Board Statement of the 1st April, 1904, and the Census Return of 1901, are, for the whole of England and Wales, number of civil parishes in rural districts, 12,995; total population, 7,469,488. As regards the second part of the Question, the totals compiled from the Return which I obtained from the various police forces and furnished to my hon. friend on the 14th inst. are, for the whole of England and Wales, number of civil parishes in rural districts with no on-licences, 3,903; population, 575,219.
§ The figures for each English and Welsh county separately are given in the appended Table:—
| County. | (A.) Number of civil parishes in rural districts (on 1st April, 1904). | (B.) Total population of rural districts (Census, 1901). | (C.) Number of civil parishes in rural districts with no "on" licences. | (D.) Total population of civil parishes with no "on" licences (Census 1901). |
| England: | ||||
| Bedford | 127 | 76,645 | 11 | 1,061 |
| Berks | 183 | 125,578 | 29 | 4,883 |
| Bucks | 216 | 130,030 | 50 | 6,175 |
| Cambridge | 129 | 72,294 | 13 | 1,545 |
| Isle of Ely | 30 | 30,766 | 1 | 18 |
| Chester | 406 | 169,809 | 184 | 28,835 |
| Cornwall | 200 | 192,003 | 49 | 11,853 |
| Cumberland | 188 | 100,922 | 40 | 5,528 |
| Derby | 276 | 255,014 | 46 | 6,586 |
| Devon | 414 | 223,094 | 115 | 24,002 |
| Dorset | 271 | 101,657 | 111 | 17,058 |
| Durham | 227 | 333,102 | 56 | 12,403 |
| Essex | 360 | 240,776 | 43 | 6,181 |
| Gloucester | 342 | 229,700 | 112 | 21,740 |
| Hereford | 244 | 76,748 | 121 | 19,624 |
| Hertford | 134 | 103,273 | 9 | 740 |
| Huntingdon | 95 | 36,234 | 15 | 1,309 |
| Kent | 362 | 302,906 | 52 | 5,628 |
| Lancaster | 276 | 232,472 | 40 | 6,860 |
| Leicester | 309 | 137,502 | 102 | 8,824 |
| Lincoln | 695 | 238,893 | 319 | 43,628 |
| Middlesex | 25 | 51,165 | — | — |
| Monmouth | 132 | 46,397 | 44 | 5,661 |
| County. | (A.) Number of civil parishes in rural districts (on 1st April, 1904). | (B.) Total population of rural districts (Census 1901). | (C.) Number of civil parishes in rural districts with no "on" licences. | (D.) Total population of civil parishes with no "on" licences (Census 1901).* |
| Norfolk | 681 | 258,071 | 183 | 22,298 |
| Northampton | 291 | 121,070 | 71 | 8,488 |
| Soke of Peterborough | 29 | 10,250 | 10 | 1,354 |
| Northumberland | 471 | 124,763 | 342 | 36,777 |
| Nottingham | 247 | 118,721 | 82 | 11,189 |
| Oxford | 272 | 95,748 | 75 | 8,104 |
| Rutland | 58 | 19,709 | 21 | 1,858 |
| Salop | 235 | 135,878 | 88 | 15,067 |
| Somerset | 469 | 245,829 | 128 | 18,392 |
| Southampton | 311 | 197,352 | 81 | 12,603 |
| Isle of Wight | 30 | 28,559 | 4 | 450 |
| Stafford | 217 | 232,209 | 49 | 9,498 |
| Suffolk, East | 311 | 123,639 | 77 | 12,272 |
| Suffolk, West | 168 | 73,419 | 33 | 5,164 |
| Surrey | 104 | 189,291 | 10 | 3,429 |
| Sussex, East | 131 | 116,708 | 23 | 3,688 |
| Sussex, West | 155 | 86,365 | 41 | 4,676 |
| Warwick | 246 | 144,759 | 83 | 10,849 |
| Westmoreland | 105 | 38,446 | 35 | 6,179 |
| Wilts | 310 | 158,763 | 69 | 12,256 |
| Worcester | 206 | 161,360 | 59 | 9,001 |
| York, East Riding | 324 | 91,687 | 132 | 16,785 |
| York, North Riding | 508 | 133,832 | 202 | 21,088 |
| York, West Riding | 512 | 339,963 | 162 | 26,916 |
| Total | 12,032 | 6,753,371 | 3,622 | 518,523 |
| County. | (A.) Number of civil parishes in rural districts (on 1st April, 1904). | (B.) Total population of rural districts (Census 1901). | (c.) Number of civil parishes in rural districts with no "on" licences. | (D.) Total population of civil parishes with no "on" licences (Census 1901).† |
| Wales: | ||||
| Anglesey | 72 | 34,750 | 41 | 10,272 |
| Brecon | 86 | 38,020 | 37 | 5,068 |
| Cardigan | 95 | 45,267 | 36 | 9,379 |
| Carmarthen | 79 | 92,803 | 9 | 1,239 |
| Carnarvon | 64 | 68,262 | 19 | 4,918 |
| Denbigh | 92 | 90,815 | 16 | 1,766 |
| Flint | 41 | 51,035 | 5 | 1,890 |
| Glamorgan | 133 | 162,003 | 33 | 4,567 |
| Merioneth | 33 | 26,581 | 7 | 3,778 |
| Montgomery | 59 | 34,806 | 8 | 3,302 |
| Pembroke | 150 | 53,705 | 47 | 7,461 |
| Radnor | 59 | 18,070 | 23 | 3,056 |
| Total | 963 | 716,117 | 281 | 56,696 |
| Grand total | 12,995 | 7,469,488 | 3,903 | 575,219 |
| †The figures in this column have been furnished by police authorities and have not been checked with the official Census Report. |