§ Sir G. TOULMINasked the Minister of Munitions, as representing the Central Control Board (Liquor Traffic), whether he can state the convictions for drunkenness in the London area scheduled by the Central Control Board for the first quarter of 1917, with the figures of the corresponding periods of 1913, 1914, 1915, and 1916?
§ Mr. KELLAWAYThe convictions for drunkenness in the Metropolitan Police District and the City (which for this purpose are practically co-extensive with the "London Area" as scheduled) for the first quarter in each of the five years mentioned were as follows:
1913 … … … … 13,900 1914 … … … … 16,007 1915 … … … … 14,076 1916 … … … … 7,744 1917 … … … … 6,176