§ MR. BARNARDTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether any local authorities have borrowed money under Section 6 (b) of The Licensing Act, 1904; and, if so, which, and for what period.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Gladstone.) The following list shows the compensation authorities who have obtained my sanction to loans on the security of the 1741 compensation funds under the Licensing Act, 1904, the amount of the loans, the
| Authority. | Amount of loan. | Date of sanction. | Period of repayment. |
| £ | |||
| Counties: | |||
| Hertfordshire | 1,300 | 28 | 2 | 06 | 2 years |
| Montgomery | 100 | 7 | 12 | 06 | 1 year |
| Gloucestershire | 5,000 | 14 | 2 | 07 | 1 year |
| Norfolk | 4,000 | 25 | 4 | 07 | 1 year |
| Gloucestershire | 7,500 | 4 | 11 | 37 | 1 year |
| Essex | 5,000 | 13 | 11 | 07 | 1 year |
| County boroughs: | |||
| Halifax | 6,000 | 11 | 11 | 05 | 2½ years |
| Bolton | 500 | 2 | 12 | 05 | 1 year |
| Devonport | 350 | 1 | 5 | 06 | 1 year |
| Swansea | 2,300 | 29 | 12 | 06 | 1 year |
| Birmingham | 18,000 | 28 | 1 | 07 | 1 year |
| Bolton | 1,150 | 28 | 1 | 07 | 1 year |
| Worcester | 3,100 | 7 | 2 | 07 | 1 year |
| Warrington | 3,000 | 7 | 5 | 07 | 1½ years |
| Portsmouth | 2,500 | 24 | 5 | 07 | 6 months |
| Leicester | 10,500 | 13 | 6 | 07 | 11/2 years |
| Worcester | 1,600 | 5 | 9 | 07 | 11/2 years |
| London (City) | 6,000 | 4 | 11 | 07 | 1 year |
| Leeds | 12,500 | 21 | 1 | 08 | 1 year |
| Portsmouth | 3,800 | 23 | 1 | 08 | 1 year |
| Peterborough (Liberty) | 350 | 29 | 1 | 08 | 1 year |