HC Deb 13 February 1908 vol 184 cc178-80
MR. CHARLES ROBERTS (Lincoln)

To ask the Secretary to the Treasury what is the number, respectively, of alehouse, on-beerhouse, and on-beer-and-wine licences, whole-year, issued for each of the years ending 31st March, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, and 1908, stating separately for each year how many of each kind were new licences.

(Answered by Mr. Runciman.) I have received the figures, which are given below, for the number of ale house, on-beerhouse, and on-beer-and-wine licences for the year, ended 31st March, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, and 1907. The figures include part-year licences, but the number of these is small. I regret that I have been unable to obtain any figures showing the number of new licences issued.

Year ended 31st March.
1903. 1904. 1905. 1906. 1907.
England:
Alehouses (publicans) 67,055 66,755 66,239 65,990 65,863
On-beerhouse (retailers of beer and cider on) 29,184 28,880 28,522 28,096 27,514
On-beer-and-wine (retailers of beer and wine on) 4,919 4,891 4,845 4,756 4,714
101,158 100,526 99,606 98,842 98,091
Scotland:
Alehouses (publicans) 7,127 7,084 7,025 6,991 6,951
On-beerhouse (retailers of beer and cider on) 160 174 165 168 185
On-beer-and-wine (retailers of beer and wine on) 37 37 35 34 32
7,324 7,295 7,225 7,193 7,168
Ireland:
Alehouses (publicans) 17,749 17,663 17,571 17,506 17,496
On-beerhouse (retailers of beer and cider on) 181 226 210 223 224
On-beer-and-wine (retailers of beer and wine on) 16 14 14 14 14
17,946 17,903 17,795 17,743 17,734
United Kingdom:
Alehouses (publicans) 91,931 91,502 90,835 90,487 90,310
On-beerhouse (retailers of beer and cider on) 29,525 29,280 28,897 28,487 27,923
On-beer-and-wine (retailers of beer and wine on) 4,972 4,942 4,894 4,804 4,760
126,428 125,724 124,626 123,778 122,993