§ MR. SCOTT (Ashton-under-Lyne)To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he can state how many licensed houses in the borough of Ashton-under-Lyne and district of Hurst have been closed under the Licensing Act of 1904; what amount was paid as compensation in respect of each house; and what proportion of the money went to the owner of the house and to the tenant respectively.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Gladstone.) All the information available in answer 65 to the Question is given in the annual volumes of Licensing Statistics. I am unable to give figures for individual houses or for the urban district of Hurst
| (a) Petty Sessional Division of Ashton-under-Lyne (which includes the Urban District of Hurst.) | ||||
| Year. | Number of licenses. | Compensation paid. | ||
| To licensee. | To other parties. | Total. | ||
| £ | £ | £ | ||
| 1905 | Nil. | — | — | — |
| 1906 | Nil. | — | — | — |
| 1907 | 3 | 50 | 1,978 | 2,028 |