MR. DUNDAS WHITEI beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he can say what was the total amount of compensation awarded under the Licensing Act, 1904, in England and Wales, outside the County of London, during the last year for which the figures are available; and how much of that compensation was awarded to licence holders, to brewers and distillers, and to other parties, respectively.
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT (Mr. GLADSTONE,) Leeds, W.The volume of Licensing Statistics for 1907 shows that the total amount of compensation paid under the Licensing Act, 1904, in the year 1907 in England and Wales outside the County and City of London was £1,324,808 9s. 8d. Of this a sum amounting to £145,880 13s. 8d. was paid to the licence-holders. The remainder went to other parties interested. I am unable to say how much of it was received by brewers and distillers.
§ MR. JOHN WARD (Stoke-on-Trent)Can the right hon. Gentleman say whether in the small amount that went to licence-holders, in some cases the holders were also the owners of the property?
§ MR. GLADSTONEYes, Sir; that would be so, I take it.