MR. EICHAEDSON (Nottingham, S.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he can state how many licensed houses in the city of Nottingham have been closed under the Licensing Act of 1904; what amount was paid as compensation in respect of 1406 each house; and what proportion of the money was apportioned to the owner of the house and to the tenant respectively.
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT (MR. GLADSTONE,) Leeds, W.The annual volumes of licensing statistics show that eighteen licensed premises in the city of Nottingham have been closed with compensation during the years 1905–6–7; and that the compensation amounted to a total of £22,634 3s. 3d, of which the licence holders were awarded a total sum of £1,903 1s. 3d. or a little over 8 per cent. I am unable to give the figures for individual houses.