§ MR. TREVELYAN) (Yorkshire, W. R,. EllandTo ask the President of the Local Government Board in how many districts the licensing authorities have resorted to borrowing in order to accelerate the reduction of licences under the Act of 1904; and what amounts have been borrowed.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Gladstone.) I beg leave to answer this Question. If the Question relates to the borrowing by compensation authorities on the security of the compensation funds under the Licensing Act, 1904, with the consent of the Secretary of State, I would refer my hon. friend to the printed answer in which I gave on 26th February to the hon. Member for Kidderminster full details of the loans which had then been sanctioned under the Act of 1904. I have only to add that since that date one other loan has been sanctioned, viz., to the compensation authority for the county of Hertford, to the amount of £2,000, which is to be repaid out of the compensation levy imposed in the present year.