§ MR. CHARLES ROBERTS (Lincoln)To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion does the number of on-licences extinguished in each year under the Licensing Act 1904, bear to the total number of on-licences in England and Wales; and 1057 what does the total reduction of such on-licences work out to on the average per licensing district of England and Wales.
| Year. | Total number of On-licenses on 1st January. | Total number of On-licenses extinguished under the compensation provisions of The Licensing Act, 1904. | Proportion per cent. |
| 1905 | 99,478 | 184 | 18 |
| 1906 | 98,894 | 885 | 89 |
| 1907 | 97,554 | 1,600* | 1.64 |
| Total | 2,669* | ||
| * Approximate figure. |
§ As regards the second part of the Question, if the figures 2,669 are divided by the total number of licensing districts in England and Wales the result is 2.65.