HC Deb 19 August 1919 vol 119 cc2134-5W
Mr. SITCH

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the total sum represented by the allowance made to liquor licence-holders for the financial years terminating on the following dates: 31st March, 1915; 31st March, 1916; 31st March, 1917; 31st March, 1918; and 31st March, 1919?

Mr. CHAMBERLAIN

The amounts allowed under Section 9, Finance Act, 1914 (Session 2); Section 6, Finance Act, 1915; Section 17, Finance (No. 2) Act, 1915; and Section 7, Finance Act, 1917, to liquor licence holders have been as follows:

In the Financial Year. Amount. Notes.
£
1914–15 … 63,002 Incomplete year. Relief to holders of retail "on" licences whose hours of sale had been restricted.
1915–16 … 731,671 Complete year. Increase of area under restrictions as to hours.
1916–17 … 888,457 Relief extended to holders of retail "off" licences in areas where the hours of sale had been restricted by the Central Control Board.
1917–18 … 1,741,016 Relief increased on account of restricted supplies and extended to all holders of Spirits, Beer and Wine dealers' and retailers' licences. Incomplete year of increased relief.
1918–19 … 2,795,311 Complete year of increased relief.
6,219,457
NOTE.—As the relief granted by the Acts quoted is made at the end of the licence year in respect of the duty for that year, and the licence year is not, in any Part of the United Kingdom, coterminous with the financial year, the following figures represent the position more accurately—

Licence Year. Amount of Relief allowed in respect of the Duty for the Licence Year. Notes.
£ s d
1914–15 … 791,380 16 10 Relief allowed to "on" licence holders for restriction of hours of sale.
1915–16 … 872,588 16 5 Relief extended to "off" licence holders in areas where hours of sale were restricted by the Central Control Board (Liquor Traffic); also some extension of areas in which hours of sale arc restricted.
1916–17 … 1,768,267 3 7 Relief extended, on the ground of restricted supplies, to all holders of Spirits, Beer and Wine dealers' and retailers' licences and relief increased from 1st April, 1917.
1917–18 … 2,786,143 11 0 Complete year of increased relief.
1918–19 … 1,077 2 1 Part of licence year up to 31st March, 1919 only.
6,219,457 9 11