§ MR. HIGHAM (Yorkshire, W.R., Sowerby)I beg to ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the total number of licensed houses valued for death duties by the Inland Revenue Commissioners during the last completed year; and what was the total number of licensed houses in the United Kingdom on 31st March, 1907.
§ MR. LLOYD-GEORGENo separate record is kept in the Estate Duty Office of licensed houses valued for death duties. The total number of Excise licences issued in the year ended 31st March, 1907, 979 in the United Kingdom, for consumption "on" the premises was 124,348, and for consumption "off" the premises was 39,512, but there is no information as to the number of licensed houses in the United Kingdom.