§ Mr. SHERWELLasked the Home Secretary if he can state the number and names of the compensation authorities in England and Wales who, in 1910 and 1911, imposed less than the maximum charges for compensation levy set forth in Schedule 3, Part I., of the Licensing (Consolidation) Act, 1910, and the proportion of the maximum charge imposed in each case?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLTwenty-two compensation authorities imposed charges on the licensed premises in their areas at less than the maximum rate in the year 1910, and sixty-one in the year 1911. Their names are set out below:—
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Name of Authority. Rate of Charge imposed in 1910 Rate of Charge imposed in 1911 Barrow-in-Furness A quarter A quarter Bedfordshire Full A half Berkshire Full A half Bournemouth A half * Bradford Nil * Breconshire Full A half Burton-on-Trent Full A third Cambridgeshire Full A half Cardiff Full Three-quarters Cardiganshire Full A half Cornwall A half A half Coventry Full A half Croydon A quarter A half Rate not yet fixed.
Name of Authority. Rate of Charge imposed in 1910 Rate of Charge imposed in 1911 Cumberland A half A half Denbighshire Full A half Derbyshire Full A half Devonport Three-quarters Nil Dorset Full Two-thirds Durham (County) Full A half Ely, Isle of Full A half Essex A half A half Glamorgan Full A fifth Gloucester (Borough) Full A tenth Great Yarmouth A sixth A sixth Hastings A quarter A quarter Huddersfield Full A half Ipswich Full A half Kent (West) Full A half Leeds Full A half Leicestershire Full Two-thirds Lincoln (Kesteven) Full A quarters London (City) A quarter Nil Merthyr Tydfil Full Three-quarters Middlesex Full A half Monmouthshire A half A half Montgomeryshire A half Three quarters Newcastle-on-Tyne Full Four-fifths Newport (Mon.) Five-eighths Four-fifths Nottinghamshire Full Full Oxfordshire A half A half Pembroke (County) Full A half Preston Full A half Ripon Full A half Rotherham Full A half Rutland A half A half St. Helens Full Two-thirds Sheffield Full Three-quarters Shropshire Three-quarters A half South Shields Full A quarter Somersetshire Full A half Southport A half A half Staffordshire Full A half Stoke-on-Trent Full Two-thirds Suffolk (East) Full Three-twentieths Surrey Full A half Sussex (East) A half Nil Walsall Full A half Warwickshire Full A half West Bromwich Full Two-thirds West Ham Full A half Wigan Full A half Wiltshire Five-eigths * Worcestershire Three-quarters A half Worcester (Borough) Full A quarter York (North Riding) Full Three quarters York.(West Riding) Full A half *Rate not yet fixed