§ 15. Captain GUNSTONasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department the number of new full beer and spirit licences granted in 1924; and the total amount of the monopoly value assessed on these licences?
§ The SECREARY of STATE for the HOME DEPARTMENT(Sir William Joynson-Hicks)According to the figures in course of preparation for the forthcoming Volume of Licensing Statistics, there were granted and confirmed in England and Wales in 1924 66 full or publicans' licences (20 of which were re-grants of licences previosuly granted for a term of years), and a total sum of &£57,904 was fixed in respect of monopoly value