§ Mr. COURTHOPEasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the estimated annual expenditure of each local authority on the collection of establishment licences; and what is the sum allocated to each such authority under Section 6 (3) of the Finance Act, 1908?
§ Mr. LLOYD-GEORGEI have no information which would enable me to answer the first part of the question. As regards the second part, the sums allocated to the several local authorities in respect of the financial year 1908-9, under Section 6 (3) of the Finance Act, 1908, are as follows:—
| ENGLAND. | |||
| £ | s. | d. | |
| Bedford County | 285 | 5 | 0 |
| Berks County | 540 | 15 | 0 |
| Reading County Borough | 73 | 5 | 0 |
| Buckingham County | 461 | 5 | 0 |
| Cambridge County | 231 | 10 | 0 |
| Chester County | 845 | 0 | 0 |
| Birkenhead County Borough | 70 | 5 | 0 |
| Chester County Borough | 43 | 5 | 0 |
| Stockport County Borough | 54 | 0 | 0 |
| Cornwall County | 561 | 5 | 0 |
| Cumberland County | 350 | 10 | 0 |
| Derby County | 617 | 0 | 0 |
| Derby County Borough | 82 | 15 | 0 |
| Devon County | 998 | 5 | 0 |
| Devonport County Borough | 27 | 15 | 0 |
| Exeter County Borough | 67 | 0 | 0 |
| Plymouth County Borough | 61 | 5 | 0 |
| Dorset County | 441 | 5 | 0 |
| Durham County | 743 | 10 | 0 |
| Gateshead County Borough | 37 | 0 | 0 |
| South Shields County Borough | 32 | 15 | 0 |
| Sunderland County Borough | 69 | 15 | 0 |
| West Hartlepool County Borough | 41 | 3 | 0 |
| Ely, Isle of, County | 118 | 5 | 0 |
| Essex County | 1,239 | 5 | 0 |
| West Ham County Borough | 113 | 10 | 0 |
| Gloucester County | 620 | 5 | 0 |
| Bristol County Borough | 232 | 10 | 0 |
| Gloucester County Borough | 60 | 10 | 0 |
| Hereford County | 285 | 5 | 0 |
| Hertford County | 629 | 10 | 0 |
| Huntingdon County | 124 | 0 | 0 |
| Kent County | 1,462 | 0 | 0 |
| Canterbury County Borough | 35 | 5 | 0 |
| Lancaster County | 1,412 | 10 | 0 |
| Barrow - in - Furness County Borough | 37 | 0 | 0 |
| Blackburn County Borough | 90 | 5 | 0 |
| Blackpool County Borough | 59 | 15 | 0 |
| £ | s. | d. | |
| Bolton County Borough | 109 | 0 | 0 |
| Bootle County Borough | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| Burnley County Borough | 67 | 0 | 0 |
| Burnley County Borough | 41 | 5 | 0 |
| Liverpool County Borough | 383 | 5 | 0 |
| Manchester County Borough | 375 | 10 | 0 |
| Oldham County borough | 78 | 10 | 0 |
| Preston County Borough | 81 | 10 | 0 |
| Rochdale County Borough | 56 | 5 | 0 |
| St. Helen's County Borough | 55 | 5 | 0 |
| Salford County Borough | 82 | 10 | 0 |
| Southport County Borough | 59 | 5 | 0 |
| Warrington County Brough. | 38 | 15 | 0 |
| Wigan County Borough | 53 | 10 | 0 |
| Leicester County | 414 | 15 | 0 |
| Leicester County borough | 165 | 10 | 0 |
| Lincoln: Parts of Holland, County | 126 | 5 | 0 |
| Lincoln: Parts of Kesteven, County | 222 | 10 | 0 |
| Lincoln: Parts of Lindsey, County | 416 | 15 | 0 |
| Grimsby County Borough | 64 | 0 | 0 |
| Lincoln county borough | 51 | 0 | 0 |
| London County | 4,145 | 5 | 0 |
| Middlesex County | 839 | 0 | 0 |
| Monmouth County | 270 | 0 | 0 |
| Newport County Borough | 48 | 5 | 0 |
| Norfolk County | 741 | 10 | 0 |
| Great Yarmouth County Borough | 45 | 10 | 0 |
| Norwich County Borough | 99 | 10 | 0 |
| Northampton County | 360 | 15 | 0 |
| Northampton County Borough | 63 | 15 | 0 |
| Northumberland County | 433 | 0 | 0 |
| Newcastle-upon-Tyne County Borough | 145 | 5 | 0 |
| Tynemouth County Borough | 25 | 10 | 0 |
| Nottingham County | 409 | 15 | 0 |
| Nottingham County Borough | 185 | 15 | 0 |
| Oxford County | 330 | 15 | 0 |
| Oxford County Borough | 85 | 0 | 0 |
| Peterborough, Some of, County | 53 | 10 | 0 |
| Rutland County | 57 | 0 | 0 |
| Salop County | 552 | 15 | 0 |
| Somerset County | 802 | 15 | 0 |
| Bath County Borough | 75 | 0 | 0 |
| Southampton County | 935 | 10 | 0 |
| Bournemouth County Borough | 115 | 15 | 0 |
| Portsmouth County Borough | 119 | 15 | 0 |
| Southampton County Borough | 82 | 5 | 0 |
| Stafford County | 860 | 15 | 0 |
| Burton-upon-Trent County Borough | 47 | 5 | 0 |
| Hanley County Borough | 40 | 5 | 0 |
| Smethwick County Borough | 49 | 15 | 0 |
| Walsall County Borough | 60 | 10 | 0 |
| West Bromwich County Borough | 44 | 5 | 0 |
| £ | s. | d. | ||
| Wolverhampton County Borough | 73 | 15 | 0 | |
| Suffolk, East, County | 398 | 5 | 0 | |
| Ipswich County Borough | 73 | 5 | 0 | |
| Suffolk, West, County | 283 | 0 | 0 | |
| Surrey County | 690 | 10 | 0 | |
| Croydon County Borough | 160 | 10 | 0 | |
| Sussex, East, County | 690 | 10 | 0 | |
| Brighton County Borough | 109 | 5 | 0 | |
| Hastings, County Borough | 74 | 15 | 0 | |
| Sussex, West, County | 408 | 5 | 0 | |
| Warwick County | 615 | 10 | 0 | |
| Birmingham County Borough | 352 | 10 | 0 | |
| Coventry County Borough | 87 | 5 | 0 | |
| Westmoreland County | 159 | 10 | 0 | |
| Wight, Isle of, County | 154 | 5 | 0 | |
| Wilts County | 541 | 10 | 0 | |
| Worcester County | 608 | 10 | 0 | |
| Doudley County Borough | 31 | 5 | 0 | |
| Worcester County Borough | 57 | 0 | 0 | |
| York, East Riding, County | 329 | 5 | 0 | |
| Kingston-upon-Hull County Borough | 123 | 0 | 0 | |
| York County Borough | 89 | 0 | 0 | |
| York, North Riding, County | 586 | 5 | 0 | |
| Middlesborough County Borough | 56 | 5 | 0 | |
| York, West Riding, County | 1,527 | 5 | 0 | |
| Bradford County Borough | 171 | 15 | 0 | |
| Halifax County Borough | 62 | 5 | 0 | |
| Huddersfield County Borough | 82 | 5 | 0 | |
| Leeds County Borough | 267 | 0 | 0 | |
| Routherham County Borough | 46 | 10 | 0 | |
| Sheffield County Borough | 275 | 5 | 0 | |
| WALES | ||||
| Anglesey County | 72 | 5 | 0 | |
| Brecon County | 88 | 10 | 0 | |
| Cardigan County | 85 | 0 | 0 | |
| Carmarthen County | 166 | 5 | 0 | |
| Carnarvon County | Denbigh County | 180 | 10 | 0 |
| Flint County | 123 | 5 | 0 | |
| Glamorgan County | 473 | 10 | 0 | |
| Cardiff County Borough | 90 | 10 | 0 | |
| Merthyr Tydfil County Borough | 35 | 5 | 0 | |
| Swansea County Borough | 59 | 5 | 0 | |
| Merioneth County | 63 | 0 | 0 | |
| Montgomery County | 103 | 15 | 0 | |
| Pembroke County | 128 | 0 | 0 | |
| Radnor County | 47 | 10 | 0 | |
| £40,000 | 0 | 0 |