HC Deb 26 October 1916 vol 86 c1278
91. Sir ERNEST LAMB

asked the Minister of Munitions the most recent returns for drunkenness in the areas under the Central Control Board compared with the figures for previous periods; and if he will state in detail the figures regarding Carlisle?

Mr. MONTAGU

I will circulate the figures asked for in the first part of the question. As regards the second part of the question, for Carlisle the convictions for drunkenness in the fourteen weeks since the middle of July, about which time the Board's scheme of direct control began to be put into effective operation, have reached a total of 183. For the immediately preceding fourteen weeks the total was 380.—[See Written Answers.]