§ Mr. TIMOTHY DAVIESasked the Secretary to the Treasury whether he could state the number of detections for the evasion of Licence Duties reported by the officers of Inland Revenue, transferred by the Finance Act, 1908, Section 6, during the year ended 31st March, 1908; and whether he would give the amount paid in rewards for these detections to officers of the Inland Revenue in each of the following administrative areas, London, Manchester, and Birmingham?
§ The FINANCIAL SECRETARY to the TREASURY (Mr. Hobhouse)(1) The total number of cases in which proceedings were ordered upon detections made by Inland Revenue officers of evasions of these Licence Duties in England and Wales in the year ended 31st March, 1908, was 23,820. (2) The amounts of rewards paid to officers of Inland Revenue in the collections of London, Manchester, and Birmingham for detections made in the above period were as follows: London, £2,826; Manchester, £191 10s.; Birmingham, £171 5s.